Drowning

Drowning

Starting out in life you feel confident

Like you can do this

Then, when coming into adulthood

You finally realize, you're fucked

you keep running and running and running 

But no matter how far you run, you only stay in one place 

Suddenly when you look down, you only see darkness

Your despair, pain, sadness, fear and lonely all reaching up to grab you 

It's then you realize, you were only trying to outrun yourself,

Out run all the pain and misery that's built up over the years,

But it's too late,

It's so hard to breath it feels like your drowning in a vast, unforgiving ocean.

Reviews

[Onlyme]

I think the majority of us humans feel exactly like you do in this poem. But the trick is to take each day as a brand new start. And not to think of yesterday, or even tomorrow coming. But just to live for that moment in time. And enjoy that moment in time for what it's a moment in time. You are alive and breathing. And can walk and talk and do whatever you like. Free will to be happy. I know it's far from easy. But have faith within YOU. And live for the moment. The now...hugs Dawn.