Sink or Swim...

Life & Choices...

Sink or Swim...

With life comes trials and tribulations
decisions and choices,

Riffled at us at mach speeds as it sometimes
seems,

As we sit floating in the vast ocean of life
holding our breath to stay afloat,

These trials and tribulations, decisions and choices
continue to title wave themselves toward us like
an out of control typhoon,

Never seeming to ease up as the massive
waves violently crash and crush our lives
like a great white taking a bite out of it's prey,

As the unforgiving lives we live seem to be
swaying with the current we must come to
the simple conclusion,

Sink or Swim,

So much easier said then done
but a conclusion I'm positive all of us have
had to come too in our lives,

Some days I think to myself why continue to
hold my breath and for what,

And other days I think I could not and
will not ever give up my struggle to keep my head
above the water,

As the current pushes and pulls me in any which
direction it chooses, I try to control my thoughts
knowing I have no control of life's crazy and out of
control current,

But today I choose to swim
and today I will pray that tomorrow I will not sink...

Author's Note

Life can be Sink or Swim situations sometimes,
I feel as if I'm going through some difficult current lately,
but God is good and I will swim to shore:)

Reviews

[R Smith]

in the challenge of life my friend you always swim very well, great poem :)

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Cherry Pepperweb]

The winds will pass and the waters calm, keep swimming.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Mitali Shah]

No matter how tough life and the situations are the choice is yours- you want to swim or sink. Good one James :)

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Mitali Shah]

Your welcome :)

[Mai L Nissen]

I know the feeling...

"As the current pushes and pulls me in any which
direction it chooses, I try to control my thoughts
knowing I have no control of life's crazy and out of
control current,"

I especially like this bit - it is a very human thing to wish to maintain control, however, this control is typically an illusion until you accept that you cannot control which challenges you meet, only how you meet them...

Glad that you have decided to swim this far! I would like to give a more thorough review, however, I am finding it difficult these days...

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[jeannemarie coulter]

at the core of everyman is that small spark that is god who gave us life...when life presents me with harsh patterns i seek out that spark and talk to him, he never lets me give up...love your words, thank you...

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you for sharing this contemplating writing. We all have to swim our way through life, sometimes an easy swim, sometimes through a storm. Very well done, James. :) Rudi

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Ruth]

It takes as much energy to swim as it does sink...sometimes we have no choice but to swim and cast aside the negativity because life is both light and dark, a lesson, visceral piece Jamestown...

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Yes, life can be just as such...we must make the choice and also have the desire to do so daily.

Some of us, do not have that desire or we aren't able to overcome those mounting waves of negative pulls.
Hope does keep us going though, if we believe enough to hope for another chance and another day.
Well written and I like your structure.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

You are welcome! :)

[A. H. Pinley]

These trials and tribulations, decisions and choices
continue to title wave themselves toward us like
an out of control (misguided, misdirected, et cetera...)typhoon,
As the unforgiving lives we live seem to be
swaying with the current we must come to
the simple conclusion,(?)
Life is much of what you have said, a sink or swim situation...

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!