Rivered Boy

Location

19135
United States
40° 1' 13.3716" N, 75° 3' 18.9864" W

I wanna be alright
I’ll learn how to swim
but the waters just so deep
I’m sinking in
no life guards around
nobody to be found
when I jumped in the river
no one could hear the sounds

Im gonna drown in the rivers of my mistakes
Im gonna suffocate until my lungs break

I try to swim but I wont stay alive
I should have realized this before I dived
And all the waves they crush me
my body starts to break
there’s no more oxygen
and I began to shake
it’s like a rush to my head
a fire through my veins
now is this real
or is this growing pains

Im gonna drown in the rivers of my mistakes
Im gonna suffocate until my lungs break

With this plea of forgiveness
help me learn to swim
throw me a life vest
my chest is caving in
I got a breathe left within me
I’m saving it for the truth
but if you don’t find me
the words can never come loose

Im gonna drown in the rivers of my mistakes
Im gonna suffocate until my lungs break

Comments

RMelanielf1007

This poem was written during a dark, lonely time of my life. I felt nothing could get better and I was drowning in my sorrows.

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