fighting the current

poem seventeen

the carefree light of my youth has dwindled

and the abyss blinds me

my eyes aching and blinking to try and stay open

the current drags me under

and i thrash under the waves

grasping for remembrances of the past

the water slips through my fingers

and the glimmer from the surface dims

the water is in my lungs

and i do not want to

but i breathe it in

embrace the change they all say

everyone goes through it

but here

in the ocean of my tears

i am alone

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