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Drowning

By Modified09 | Posted: 17 March 2009

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I walk my lonely road again
My heart flutters in its struggle to stay afloat
I can't seem to find my voice
Lost in a sea of smiling faces, pulling me down.

The jokes are not as funny now and I cannot laugh
The waves of fury pull at my conscious self
My screaming voice is not enough
I stand in silence again

But if I'm destined to drown
You'd think I'd have gills.
The surge passes over my head
And I'm picking up the shards once again

I walk the winding road
Twisting it throughout your mind
Trying to make you see but I'm afraid
If my angel sees through my eyes he would disappear

The glistening light distracts me
From my mindless, internal rage
My seraph emerges from the swell
And I sink into its depths

But I'm not destined to drown
As he has granted me my gills.
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Comments 
Carl
18 March 2009
I really like your poem!

I was a little confused by the two lines:

But if I'm destined to drown
you'd think I'd have gills.

i.e. you probably wouldn't drown if you have gills.

I like your use of 'water'/'sea' throughout this poem, but you also have the 'road' too. Maybe changing the 'road' to 'river' somehow might complement the poem better?
Modified09
18 March 2009
thanks (: 
i know its a bit rough, i literally thought it up and wrote it down so it may not all make sense :P

when i read back the first reference to the gills i realised it didn't quite come out the way i'd intended so i'll work on that (:

thats a good idea about the river thing, again, i think i'll have to work on it (:

thank you for commenting
Carl
19 March 2009
Don't be disheartened. There are some very good ideas in there!
unbridledspirit
24 March 2009
I agree with Carl about your 3rd paragraph reference to being "destined to drown and gills".  I'm also unsure about the reference to "my angel sees....would disappear" in paragraph 4.  Not sure what this means and why the angel would disappear, etc.  I really liked everything else.  Good job.
Modified09
05 June 2009
The poem has a personal meaning behind it, it's refering to my dealing with depression. 
The 'if my angel sees he will dissapear' its talking about trying to hide the extent of it from 'my angel' and trying not to let them see it incase they cant deal with it.
I hope that explains it a bit better, without trying to put a down on the poem hehe (:

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