While I’m slowly out here drowning,
I see you laughing on the shore,
skimming pebbles at my forehead,
baying with the crowd for more.

Too proud to scream for help as usual,
I struggle in vain with flailing limbs,
Land is there in touching distance,
If only I’d learned how to swim.

The waves are getting too strong for me,
crashing in through soul and skin,
the tide drags me to the horizon,
I’ve had enough, I’m giving in.

The bed’s no longer there beneath me,
drifted too far, I’m out my depth,
here it comes I’m going under,
now you’ll see me take my last breath