Try Treading Water
When weighted down, you either keep trying or drown or get destroyed.
Try treading water
when an anchor
is tied to your feet.
***
Try to yell and scream
when your throat is
slashed and torn.
***
Try to take flight
when all the shackles
keep you down.
***
You want to be free.
You want to do what you please.
But it just can't be.
***
The world caves in
And it conspires against
Your well-being.
***
All you're left with
is hope that thing will change.
That thing will improve.
***
It's time like these
you either yearn for a better way
or there's no better way.
***
The choice only becomes known
when you realize
hope happens when...
***
You kick off the anchor.
Heal thy throat.
Unfetter the shackles.
***
Then, only then,
hope is free
and you are free.
About the Creator
Dean Traylor
I wrote for college and local newspapers, magazines and the Internet (30 years). I have degree in journalism, masters in special education (and credentials), and certificate in screenwriting. Also, a special ed. teacher (25 years)
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