-Twenty Five-

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I Drown Again/ I Swim This Time When:

Dipping into troubled waters I had long learnt to stay away from dipping in

Sweet as cinnamon, as sweet as a break-in

Dunk me under and don't let me up for air

Remembering what it was like to breathe my share

Of sickly sour sugary sweet, this is how you choke on the honey they speak 

By biting your tongue until your teeth bleed

Playing with fire like you've learnt anything 

But swimming in the undercurrent is the only time I feel accomplished you see

So perhaps this time I'll learn how to swim

Or let me drown out at sea. 

~J.K.M.

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