Drowning

Tell me what I should do:

How can I learn to swim

And stay adrift, surviving

In this tempestuous ocean

Of anguish that dashes me about

Lashed about like a rag doll

Floundering in the tidal upsweeps

That repeatedly pull me under

And then fling me upwards

Gasping, choking for those small

Mouthfuls of air…tell me please

How should I now stay alive…

~Glowing Embers~