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To Drown

White fingertips grasp your body Walls of water soar at your face Currents tug you under, deeper, and deeper Helpless in this violent embrace Drowning in sorrow these waves of emotion Show no signs of subsiding Relentless in strength they embody the force Of the problems from which you've been hiding Longing to go back to the friendly shore Where troubles were for another day But that day is here, the future is now And this ocean isn't going away Your limbs are weights, dragging you down The temptation to give up only grows But between the waves is a glimpse of the horizon And you remember that highs follow lows.
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Sep 15, 2011
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