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Drowning Poems - Poems about Drowning

Drowning in Sorrow
I’m so tired of spendin’ nights alone The test of time has left me like a stone Drinkin’ time—I feel it in my bones Feel so numb, I can’t pick up the phone Drownin’ in sorrow, can’t find my way Lost in the darkness, day after day Tears fill my eyes as I silently pray For a glimmer of hope to guide...

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Categories: drowning, introspection,
Form: Ballad
Drowning
I’m drowning. I’m getting pulled under. I can feel the water slowly filling my lungs as I scream for help, but that scream is muffled by the crashing waves, crashing into me and knocking me off my feet. I can’t get back up. These waves are too strong, and I feel the weight that I carry on my shoulders shoving me under, keeping me down. This weight...

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Categories: drowning, 9th grade, anxiety, how
Form: Free verse



The sacrifice of drowning so others could be saved
Empty, that's all she felt She hated the numbness that would blindly attack She did so much for others But she couldn't help herself She carried the weight of being black Where racism would slowly break her back She couldn't even go to a hospital they'd probably throw her out Calling her 'dramatic' Saying she should go somewhere else This...

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Categories: drowning, discrimination, evil, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Am I drowning?
Another conversation within myself. Another riddle within the spectrum of possibility. Wouldn't it be wise to search for someone in this moment of desperation? Fighting to wipe away these tears that wont keep. Standing in the rains of despair. The machine becomes obsolete. How to find clarity? Diluted fantasies? I know somewhere my questions cease transcending the mark that keeps them guessing. A fallible...

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Categories: drowning, absence, death, depression, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Can Be Heard
He stood before her— silent, but not unspoken in his thoughts. Words echoed loud in his mind, if only she could hear them, perhaps she would understand. Understand his faults, the weight of missing words, the drought of silence that left her drowning in doubt. But when silence breaks, clarity cuts deep. His chosen words— not what she longed to hear. He thought his silence was in her best interest, a...

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Categories: drowning, anxiety, silence,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Boating Accident
Eroded, undercut, sagging for years beneath the weight of a dead sycamore, the bank gave way when the lake was closed and the dams opened up during the winter overflow, leaving the tree offshore, hunkered down in the water, half submerged, its white branches groping the sky like a blind spider waiting to prey. The boat just happened to be there (its outboard, suddenly crippled, useless against the current), swept...

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Categories: drowning, boat, memory, water,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hear Me, and Be Still
Do not build a ladder when I fall into the abyss I did not call for climbing The thorn in me is not a riddle to be solved, nor a window begging repair I am thunder — not your project; I am rain that needs witness, not your umbrella When I say I’m...

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Categories: drowning, bird, deep, pain, psychological,
Form: Lyric
Killing Us
In the quiet corners of my heart, I need to cry, to let the shadows part. You want to argue, dissect my pain, As if my tears are just a game. I reach for solace, a gentle embrace, But you counter with questions, a relentless chase. “Why do you...

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Categories: drowning, anger, anxiety, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Drowning in your eyes
The appeal of blonde hair never spoke to me until now I was content with the plain brown But then your blue gaze snagged onto mine And now it’s taking all I have not to drown. ...

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Categories: drowning, 9th grade, blue, crush,
Form: Rhyme
Drowning in Sorrow
It feels like I’m sinking, falling deep into a mass of sadness. I try to swim, to get back up to the surface. I can’t breath, I’m suffocating. I’m falling deeper, and deeper, into this depressing mass. I try to call for help, but nothing comes out, as I just go deeper, drowning in this sorrow, to the point of no return....

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Categories: drowning, angst, deep, feelings, how
Form: Free verse
Drowning in Echoes
In the quiet depths where shadows swell, I dive into the ocean of grief, Where the waves whisper secrets, And the tides pull at my heart, A current of sorrow, heavy and relentless, Yet, here I am, swimming through the depths. The water is cold, a stark embrace, Each stroke...

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Categories: drowning, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Swimming in Grief
It is as if cloudy eyes forecast rain And the darkest heartache Bleeds grief like varicose veins All blue and distorted with pain Hope is aborted and sadness Is a black freight train of thoughts Drowning my wake my sleep my faith I try to smile through it but fail A grimace of green slides in a wail Finding no comfort in...

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Categories: drowning, angst, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Drowning In Her Essence
By Imran Ahmed The Scent Of Her Sweat Intoxicates Me Pulling Me Into Her World I Forget To Live Lost In The Warmth Of Her Essence Breathing Her In Droplets Of Her Nectar Glisten Tracing Desire Upon Her Soft Skin They Seduce My Soul Whispering Secrets Only She Can Awaken My Heart Follows Her Rhythm Drawn To The Music Of Her Pulse I Long To Taste HER LIPS To Drink The Sweetness...

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Categories: drowning, beautiful, crush, first love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Smuggler's Boat
Migrants on the move from violence their only possession breath-space on a smuggler’s boat secured with back-bent harvests in pretzel-bent systems weight of crates of strawberries hoisted on hell-bent backs just trying to reach Spanish-shores’-east from Moroccan beach with a camel-mystique —the seaway west of Africa a rags-wearing-flotsam grave migrants on the move from Cameroon die —or survive a militia-cocktail blend of...

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Categories: drowning, boat, death, hope, journey,
Form: Free verse
drowning in you
this feels so natural, still, my heart is pounding - that look in your eyes... I feel like I'm sinking I feel like I'm floating drowning in your blazing image, maybe I'm not too keen on the whole breathing thing after all. maybe I'll just drink up the entire sea....

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Categories: drowning, love,
Form: Free verse

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