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Sink or Swim

Sink or Swim

 I’ve been told

To choose only

from the two:

sink or swim

At first I thought

I should swim.

I felt so free;

I felt fulfilled.

I moved my arms

right first, then left.

Simultaneously, my legs

again, right then left.

but along the way

exhaustion met my eyes 

I plunged into the

bottom of the ocean

I knew I was 

never to see 

the light nor feel 

the warmth again

I used to say

I loved the surface

but then I ceased

to breathe again.