The Ocean

by Blood of a Lion   Jan 6, 2013


I wanna swim away but don't know how,
All this emotion is starting to feel like the ocean,
Drowning doesn't sound so bad right now.

Emotional wreckage digging in somehow,
Putting holes inside of my flotation,
Seas are getting kinda rough right now,
Swimming seems like the notation.

All this $#!* is coming out right now.
Deep and angry frustration.
All this emotion is starting to feel like a sinking ship.
I wanna swim away but don't know how,
Sometimes I feel like this $#!* is weighing me down,
Until I drown.

I wanna cut these ropes and take off for the ocean,
Swim until I can find no ground,
Break away from all frustration.
But somehow the ocean doesn't swallow me down,
It spits me up like indigestion.

And in the end I wind back up in the ocean,
Swimming in the same $#!* somehow.
Getting sick of all this indecision,
Breaking the ship and my flotation.
Somehow it'll all end somehow,
But until then I think I'll wave at the ocean,
Smile and break apart my frustration.

I wanna swim away but not right now.

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Aaron D. 1/6/13

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  • 11 years ago

    by Autumn Leaves

    This poem is very sad and heartbreaking. Its true sometimes we want to get away from the places we are so familiar with. I think you feel a need to get away from your problems and people that are associate with them.

    I think you're saying I want to die, but the ground won't allow me in..you're also stating your frustrations with life and yourself.

    Great emotions...

  • 11 years ago

    by Formidable Muse

    This is really interesting. I feel like you are at war with yourself throughout this. Like you want to get away, leave for good and get away from everything that is dragging you down but something keeps pulling you back, maybe something inside yourself. That may be a completely wrong interpretation, but after reading it a couple times that was all I could see.

    I wanna cut these ropes and take off for the ocean,
    Swim until I can find no ground,
    Break away from all frustration.
    But somehow the ocean doesn't swallow me down,
    It spits me up like indigestion.

    ^^This is really deep, probably my favorite part. And the main reason I came to the conclusion above. Nicely Written.

  • 11 years ago

    by Aubrey

    Anytime: )

  • 11 years ago

    by Aubrey

    Awww.... I'll be you life guard: ) your awsome: ) great poem.... 5/5:)

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