Drowning

I'm drowning and you can't save me

Not this time

Before, when I'd go under you were always there to pull me up

But now you can't 

Because this time you pushed me down

So I pushed you away

But I will be saved

My friends are throwing life preservers 

Wading in, reaching out hands

Trying to pull me up like you did so many times before

And soon I will grab on

But not right now

Right now I need to struggle on my own 

Fight to keep alive so I can prove to myself that I can do it without you 

And even as I fight by myself 

My friends are still watching 

Ready to dive down if I go under for too long

So I'm really not alone

But in this ocean for the longest time all I knew was you

Which is why it seems so empty

But my friends are on the shore 

Building out docks to reach me 

Sending prayers and safe passage 

I am drowning 

You cannot save me 

But this time I will be okay

I will survive 

High on dry land 

While you drift away in the sea

 

 

This poem is about: 
Me

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