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.
Copyright © Sean Fenech | Year Posted 2024
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