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Starlight
Poems
Jul 2018
Treading Water (revamped)
treading water.
Limbs stretched out
hopes of sunshine.
Mouth turned to the sun
open wide
flooding
air in lungs
swim for hours.
time does not bother me
as it
pounds
against my skull.
lie back and float into dreams
dry and safe.
I made it
another badge
to add
to my
collection.
the water churns
in a storm
paddle
arms swinging
legs pounding
at the brutal sea.
beg for land
beg for rest.
sea keeps churning
the sea knows no
patience or
mercy.
I am afraid
to close my eyes
to swim
to fall.
to sink into the ocean
and drown in my sleep.
half of me wants to die
the larger half is begging
for land.
people throw their floats
They hit hard
some don't catch
some float away.
the ones that I hold
ease my weight
lift me to the sea.
Sleeping feels safer
with floats
and pillows
no pounding heart to keep me.
it feels like there is someone there.
Swimming alone
on the grand ocean
outside my vision.
I have swum for so long
I never investigate the human sobs
guilt churns in my stomach.
I do not want to see them drown.
I am scared
they will
pull me
down.
Guilt bites
at
my wrist.
I keep treading water
my own small pocket of darkness.
Waiting for the sun to set.
Its the same as the old poem, except edited a bit more.
Written by
Starlight
19/Transmasculine/Australia
(19/Transmasculine/Australia)
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