Swim

by Sam M. Phillips

Lost in a wet dream

Of nightmarish proportions,

Emotions flooding over me,

I don’t seem

To be able

To keep my head above water,

I can’t handle

Everyday situations,

Maybe later

There will be actions

I can take,

Can I fake

My way through

This mental stew?

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Few could realise

What I idealise

Is wrong for me too,

But it’s what I must do,

I don’t have a clue

How I will cope—

Where’s my hope?

Leave this rope

Where it lies,

A part of me denies

That he tries

To do me in—

There’s only one thing to do:

Swim!

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