Affirmed with my mouth
I drown
The current is coming
And it's trying to pull me under
But I've grown afraid of the water
And I never learned to swim
Kicking
Screaming
Fighting
To stay afloat
I cannot let this ocean pull me inside
Not yet
It's not safe
But this riptide is ******* me in
And I'm trying to swim against it
Before my lungs take in more of the waves