Down to the end of a wooden dock That sticks out a good way into the water, She sat legs crisscrossed in a knot, hunched over With her elbows to her knees, head resting In her palms. She tries controlling her breathing, But holding her breath makes her throat expand Like it is croaking. Saliva pools in the lower corners Of her mouth under her tongue, and she barely has time
To adjust herself as the bile climbs out of her throat And down the front of her yellow crop top, dripping Onto her stomach and crossed legs. Tears are forced From her ducts as her stomach convulses. Capillaries Around her eyes are popping from strain. Feeling weak, She falls to the left on her side and curls into a trembling ball
But she wants to get the ***** off her As soon as possible. Her shaking palms Press against the splintering deck, pushing To her knees to feel what was once in her stomach squish Between her fingers making her stomach spasm; She scrambles to her feet as fast as she can When her only source of lighting is dying From the wind. Before righting her balance, she slips
Backwards in the bile and tumbles into the blackened lake. Her head Plunges first and water came rushing into her nose. It burns Her nasal cavities as her eyes tear open in fear. She’s disoriented From the alcohol in her system and the water is too strong Against her weakened limbs. She tries to position herself Up right, but the more she moves, the deeper she sinks. She holds her breath and tries
To ignore the burning sensation up her nose and on The surface of her eyes in her head and she can’t Hold on. Oxygen isn’t going where it needs to and the edges Of her vision darken. As a last attempt to fight, she reaches Forward to grasp at anything she can get ahold of. Her fingertips Stretch and curl only to move through the murky prison. Her vision
Is almost completely blackened out as she surrenders Her losing fight. There’s a burn in her chest that grows As the rhythm behind it slows. Her body, Like the water, is still, cold, and tinted blue.
Not very fond of this poem. It's a take on a short story I wrote about a girl getting wasted at a lake house party and drowning. Posted for editing purposes, so comment what you think needs correcting.