Poem 276: Drowning

I fell in first, 

you tried to save me.  

You tried to pull me back

but in the process you fell too

the momentum was too grand

we sank together, then I sprang up

I swam straight towards the sun

you were pulled down 

by mud and current, 

leaving only your arms up.

Then the current pulled me by you 

you grabbed my feet and latched on tight

I thought perhaps it was the branches and 

I fought to shake them off

I did not prevail, 

your grasp was too strong,

my breath was running low

the surface so close I could touch it, 

but you didn't know

You afraid of dying

trapped in the deepest part 

hoped to be pulled up by me

but loving with your heart

let me go after your thoughts 

had realized we'd both die

you let me live, and let me be the one

to cry and cry

when I had breath

I swam back 

to the place I thought you'd be

with arms reaching out towards Heaven

but the current had carried me

far away from where you were

no matter how I tried

I never found your hands again

reaching out for life