#drowning poems on Hello Poetry

TorturedPoet Nov 6

Drowning

Loving the breeze
Finally at ease
With the waves singing
At the shore

The sound of the tide
Matches my smile
Helping me sleep
With its lullaby

"The sea is so vast"
"It seems so dark"
But all i do is laugh
As I drown inside

A tear escapes
With the weight in my chest
But maybe it's just the salt
That fills my breath.

Something i wrote a while back

#drowning #depression #sad #broken

James Cushman Oct 22

Siren Song

You are the siren to my song
Your hypnotic gaze
Is so ethereal
And eternal

I surrender
To your embrace
My mind is twisted
The song guides me
And I’ll follow you
Towards calm ends

You sing the sweet lullaby
Of eternal damnation
It sounds so ******* sweet
I need it
I crave it
So badly it hurts
It’s excruciating…

Or maybe that’s the water in my lungs

I just had to get this out

#life #death #drowning #pain #suffering #sadness #toxic

Bekah Oct 8

Siren’s Song

A thousand lifetimes
Inside of ocean blue eyes
That I could drown in

(Haiku)

#love #eternity #drowning

Emery Feine Oct 5

Where the Sea Greets Me

"I am a part of you,"
Is what I say to the waves below
My eyes, the same shade of blue
As the ocean's tide glows

I taste the salt in my mouth
As it drips from my swollen eyes
The same salt in the whale's spout
That in which the ocean lies

From the lighthouse I watch the rocky shore
And my eyes leak more and more
What more could I want of me
Than to be part of that glimmering sea?

I do not even exist anymore
As I sprint across the rocky shore
I collapse into the shimmering sea
Because a part of them is a part of me

The townspeople call me crazy
I'll prove them all wrong one day
I still taste the salt in my mouth
I think I am fading away

The sun is setting on the beach
And salty tears are running down my face
I connect my tears with the water
And disappear without a trace

Stars appear in the night sky
Reflecting on the sea's blue
Below the waves, you'll find me lie
Am I finally a part of you?

this is my 124th poem, written on 9/10/24. this was originally submitted to the Salty September poetry competition :)

#salt #ocean #insanity #jealousy #envy #society #death #drowning #tears

Artur Oct 3

A blood oath

As I peer out onto your tumbling waves
Mesmerised by your essence, I wonder,
How many lives have perished under.

Were your solemn rocks once colonized with native blood?
Or more recently, the couple that drowned, or the man who dived too shallow, or the young boy on holiday that thought he could brave you at your worst.

Or the countless lost souls who chose you for their final moments, perhaps mesmerised just the same, reaching for peace beneath your depth.

And yet, you lure us back. With respect, we approach your indifference, and countless joy you impart on adult and child. But never forget, a blood oath must be paid, every once in a while.

I live near a beach, and this is what I think about.

#beach #waves #suicide #drowning #death #joy #depression #fun

Abi Winder Sep 28

drowning

your soul is dark,
and sullied black
by life.

it must ache
to be so hollow.

to be so empty.
without substance,
without light.

a pit of mystery,
buried inside of you.
water so murky
a swimmer should not risk,

but boy,
i am drowning.

#drowning #soul #darkness #evil #good #light #water

Karma Sep 25

The Lost Stone

I feel forgotten,
I feel lost,
I feel the rotten,
Burning cost
I had to pay
When I lost faith
In the rock
That held me still.
Blade pierced my bones,
My foe reproached
Dailily unto me
“Where is thy god?
Why cast ye down?
What of disquiet in the?”
Atop the sands
Lean on my hands
And begin my ascent to the surface.
“A valid question,
My soul, my friend.
I suppose I lost my purpose.”

#stone #silence #drowning #faith #alone

Antonia Sep 9

drowning

I’m feeling heavier than iron
my chest, my arms, my legs
feel numb
it feels impossible to breathe
like i am deep under the water

and i could hear my body sinking
the lungs,
now slowly filling up with liquid

no hope.

just death in sight

my tongue is stuck,
my hands are tight,
i feel the weight
of my mistakes

i just so desperately want
to get some air and breathe again

but not this time,
my demon says

as I am drowning
once again

this is how a panic attack feels for me, haven’t had one in a while, but it used to be the norm when I was younger. If you’re going through tough times, just know they never last. I am doing much better now, and hopefully you can take this as a message of hope. Things do get better, just hang in there, stop running from your feelings, the only way out, is through.

#panic #attack #anxiety #depression #demon #drowning #hope #heaviney