It's been a hot minute since I've written anything creative, thanks to school being so overwhelming and a general lack of inspiration, but I wrote a little poem I wanted to share, just so you know this is a venting poem, because it's been a frustrating few months as far as my mental health is concerned, and I wanted to let out some of those negative emotions.
For a little background context, the title refers to a rather gruesome real-life thing that for some reason recently captured my morbid fascination, a "drowning machine" is what happens when fast-moving water flows over a dam and drops into the slow-moving water below which creates a backwash circling current that can be incredibly dangerous and nearly impossible to escape, hence its rather dark name. A lot of times I feel overwhelmed by my emotions, coming suddenly out of nowhere, and it feels like a constant cycle of highs and lows that I can't seem to shake off, and that was the kind of feeling I wanted to capture with this metaphor.
The Drowning Machine
It happens suddenly
blindsided, out of nowhere
Calm, placid waters
become a vacuum of death
Emotions rush in like a flood
water bursts through the dam
Unable to hold back
as tears pour out like waterfalls
Sucked beneath the surface
trapped within the backwash
Stuck in the endless cycle
of water that churns and swirls
Bombardment on every angle
no escape
The unseen whirlpool lurking beneath the waves
no one sees it, but I feel it
Stuck underwater for so long
mired in feelings that never seem to leave
Swirling, spiraling, circling, drowning
Should I fight my way to the surface
struggling to breathe again
Or should I sink beneath the torrent
remain silent
Even if I break the surface to take a breath
I get sucked back down again
All I need is help to get out
but it's so hard to reach out
In the looping current that never stops
drowning in my own emotions
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