Drown or Swim

by Everlasting   Jun 7, 2018


So far the waters of my life became somewhat calmed
But lately, they sway from side to side
so gently, so gently
like rocking a baby to sleep
But then
So abruptly so abruptly
Like waking a baby to screams

And I am just there,
In a cradle, floating and floating,
so disconcerted, so disconcerted
looking at my surroundings while wondering
if I’ll be able to swim Or if I’ll drown
if I were to fall in the waters that sway my own life

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  • 6 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Luce! I haven't read your poems in awhile and missed them.

    This was honest and I love the imagery so many of us can relate to, when things become rocky and we are almost lost in our surroundings.

    (Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...)

    You got this!

    • 6 years ago

      by Everlasting

      Thank you everyone

      I’ll keep on swimming

  • 6 years ago

    by Em (marmite)

    Lucero as mkkk says this is creative as usual and I really like it the repetition to a certain extent makes it sounds like a lullaby lol to me it's as though recently the 'waters' in your life have been disturbed like many of us but you'll get to the calm seas again...
    Just one suggestion and it is only that the last line of the first stanza I reckon would sound better like this "like a waking who screams" as though they've already been rudely awoken by a night terror or hunger pains and are screaming for one of those reasons or possible just because..
    Take care
    Em x

  • 6 years ago

    by Mahal Ko Kuya Ko

    Creative as always, Ms. Lucero! I love the repetition of words, it really works well. I imagine you sitting in a boat in the middle of the sea, and the waves keep on swaying it and tossing it. Sometimes, the calm after the storm is not the calmest, things may have calmed a little bit, but soon after some great storms will come and it's much harder to weather compared to the previous ones. Just gotta keep hanging on! Well written as always! Take care always, Ms. Lucero! (:

    --- MKKK

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