Literature
Riptide
I almost drowned today,
In the salty waters
Off the deep end.
My eyes burning
And my lungs aching
And wanting to scream,
But that's the thing about going under-
Screaming doesn't do any good.
And drifting in the briny deep,
Even the sharks swam away from me.
And for a moment,
Just a moment,
When you said
"It's sink or swim"-
I couldn't choose.
My body washed up in the sand,
Eventually,
And I coughed up the ocean,
Salt water pouring out of me.
And I should be happy
Because I won,
Or because it's over,
Or because I lost but I survived,
But the thing is-
The sharks swam away.