I’m Drowning in Lakes

The learning curve is much too steep; I’m stuck at the bottom Staring at mountaintops, Swept away by rivers, Eroding with the skeletons Whose bones faded so long ago; Count me with the corpses— I died before I lived Kissed by the noose in the water As I walked off the final step And forgot how to float. Bottomfeeder, nonsensebreeder, The task was learning how to swim— But the pieces were pushed too far For me to breathe or do much else; I merely drowned instead, Hoping my grave would serve As a memory—but Even I forgot my own eulogy.