Drowning

Drowning



There are so many emotions flooding my mind.
They are slowing swallowing me alive.
Watching as I suffer,
As I struggle to survive.

I'm completely surrounded.
There's pain everywhere I look.
I can't find a way out.
My peace of mind is what they took.

These emotions won't let me forget
How many nights I cried,
With you on my mind.
No matter how hard I tried.

I'm told to forget the past.
Not to be bothered with it now.
Everything will be alright in the end.
But all I can ask is "How?"

How can I forget the past,
When I see it in my present?
How can everything be alright,
When my heart has such a large indent?

I can't begin to tell you how I feel
When I no longer know what to say.
You tell me to hold on.
But I don't think I'll last another day.

I've lost the will to keep going.
I don't know why I should stay.
I've been hurt too much before
To be cheery and gay.

I'm in over my head.
I hope I'll be remembered like the poet Browning,
Because there is no escape.
There's no way to stop me from drowning.