She dipped her toe into the waters
They looked so serene and inviting
She decided to try her hand at swimming
Unaware of the storm that was lingering
Through the waters of the ocean
She swam without thinking
Of the depths or the dangers as the
Storm in and around her head began raging
It happened all at once it was too
Sudden for her to have known
But she was caught in the middle of
A storm and she was all alone
She began moving her arms faster
But the water was churning
She tried to pacify her pounding heart
By reminding herself to keep breathing
She was close to the shore
Or so she was thinking
But alas, she was caught in the tide
And that was the end of the beginning
Her body washed up on the shore
Her eyes were shut and her chest unmoving
There was no one to see the sight
Of the lifeless girl that lay fighting
She felt as though she could watch herself
As she felt her spirit escaping
But she needed to open her eyes
To stop herself from dying
Her body was tired and weary
It refused to co-operate with her heart
As the blood stopped flowing
Her body started glowing
And she escaped into the heavens
Berating herself for unknowing
She now had time to reflect
On her past mistakes and doings
But she realized soon enough
That her drowning was a beginning
She had a new life and a chance
To start afresh without basing
Her life on who she used to be
But that’s all she ended up doing
Afraid to be someone new because
She was afraid of becoming
The version of her that she would
Rather had left there dying
And ever so often she would find herself caught
In a nightmare and would wake up heaving
Of the waves that tossed and turned her about
It was her fate she ended up believing
If only she had known before she gave up
That only for seconds more would she be fighting
That there was help around she didn’t know about
Then this would be but a story of her feelings
