Is it fear?

by angie   Jan 10, 2008


Have I forgotten how to swim?
I stand in the shallow water waiting...
the sand feels good, the water feels good
the ocean is beautiful and i want to go explore it.

But I wait, the tide rips by me pushing and pulling
Am I waiting for someone?
Am I waiting for the waves to sweep me off my feet?
Have I forgotten how to swim?

I see figures on the beach
walking by me into the deep water
they pull at my hands inviting me to go
but still I stand... waiting...

Is it fear...

Insecurity...

or have I forgotten

how to swim?

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  • 16 years ago

    by The Tears I bleed

    I like how this poem questions whether or not its the relutance to swim, not having the ability to swim cant, or if it's insercuity that is keeping the person from swimming. this poem plays around with the idea that sometimes it is ourself that holds us back but then again, maybe we really dont know how to do something

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