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Jun 13
poem challenge: Splash!
IceGalaxy

poem with a strange rhyming scheme

you can hold my head under the water
you can tell me i don't belong
you can throw snakes and stones at me
you can tell me everything i do is wrong

but the longer your hand
glued to my head 
stays underwater, the
more slippery it becomes and the 
more air i can force
into my lungs. 

the water will part
and surround me 
at once.
it is part of me
and you will never hold 
the title that i hold
that allows me to 
b r  e   a    t     h      e 
while you gasp at your sore arms.

you can hold my head under the water.
i will always belong
the snakes have no more venom; stones can't dent my armor
every bad thing you say about me is wrong
 
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Posted: 06.13.21
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  1. happydancer
    Jun 14, 2021

    This is such an amazing poem!! The imagery of "air i can force/ into my lungs" is so powerful and it really conveys a feeling of strength in the midst of struggle.

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