I've always wondered
What it feels like to drown
How your lungs burn
How your heart races
How you're head clears
as you lose consciousness
I think I might know
I think I get it
I know the feeling of lungs burning
Mine do every time I breathe
I know the feeling of a racing heart
Mine does every time I leave my room
I know the feeling of a clear mind
I remember from when I almost died
On my bathroom floor
Alone feeling the same way
I had everyday for months
Then my world stopped
And for a while
I wasn't scared
I wasn't drowning
Drowning in water
Seems easier
Than drowning on land
Where everyone is around
You're still there
But inside
You're fighting to keep afloat
-what drowning feels like
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Writing Until My Soul Recovers
PoetryI'm seventeen with more trauma than most my age. I haven't cut in five months but I'm struggling. My mental health is struggling and it's hard because I'm in recovery from something. But not my big problem. I'm still struggling with that and I was t...
