I learned to swim
When I was young
I learned
Freestyle
Breastroke
And butterfly
Now here I am
Years later
And all I know
Is how to sink
How to drown
How to go deeper
And deeper
And not come
Up for air
I no longer know
How to float on my back
How to race across
The span of the pool
All I know
Is how to sink
How to drown
I'm not sure how I feel about this poem, I don't think it's really good but I really wanted to participate in this challenge. :)
All times my heart has
Broken into pieces
I can’t breathe
No matter how hard I try
I’m still gasping for air
Drowning in the silence
Or in the noise
My own mind
Suffocating me
They say
America was raised
By our founding fathers
And I'm sure it was
But what about it's mothers
Comments
I love how the words stretch out down the page as if they themselves are sinking.
Thank you!
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