Slipping Below the Surface

Author's Note: The following is the 7th poem in my self-challenge to write a poem a day. 

Click here for the first poem in this challenge. Thank you for reading and wish me luck to keep the pace ❤

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Fighting

The currents

That pull me down.

Below the surface, 

I slip.

*

I can't

Swim against

The currents that 

Pull me farther out - 

Slipping.

*

Ceaselessly,

Treading the water

That threatens to claim me.

Fighting.

*

Barely,

I hold out

Against the currents,

Keeping up the pace.

*

But I can't keep 

Swimming against

These currents that threaten,

Pulling me farther away

From solid ground.

*

Beneath my feet - 

The abyss.

*

Endlessly,

Treading the water

That threatens to claim me.

*

Swimming

Against the currents

That threaten 

To pull me farther out.

*

Only occasionally - 

Slipping below the surface.

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© Lena Folkert 2022

Originally published on Medium

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Xx - Lena