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let me drown

by Kimberly Bare

i listen to seconds
placing me in this moment

i know not where i am
there is no master plan

only this fathomless sea
without a tide
to wash me ashore

as my fingers attempt
to dig into a fading raft

grasping at
some semblance of sanity
to keep me afloat

all i find are splinters
beneath my nails

shards
broken and floating
in murky waters

reflections of dreams
taunting me
with gruesome laughter

the seconds are slowing now

and i smile at the tourists
as my head slips beneath the sea...

09/02/2005

Posted on 09/03/2005
Copyright © 2024 Kimberly Bare

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Terry Olynik on 09/03/05 at 06:21 AM

We all have water in our nightmares these days.

Posted by Michelle Angelini on 09/03/05 at 06:38 AM

Kimberly, I don't know how you did it, but this poem describes certain things in my life right now too well. Writing in lower case adds to the indefinite emotions that drown the narrator. It's almost as if [emotional] death is a welcome surcease from the pain of feeling.
~Chelle~

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