I can't shake this overwhelming drowning sensation whenever we speak
I guess it could make sense, since you never taught me how to swim.

Gasping for breaths and thrashing for support, I taught myself as well as I could how to keep above the unforgiving pungency without the comfort of a stable hand.

I've swallowed countless bitter gulps, struggling through each moment on my own. Teaching myself the things you were never very good at.

I am not a strong swimmer.