Poem: Drownie Song

Drownie Song

Depths are dark, but not so cold--
Winter ice bites more.
(do you remember it?)

It hurts at first, the lacking air--
Failing life is bitter.
(lungs remember breathing)

Water rushes in, a final breath
Unbreathing
(all loves undone are remembered)

Until pain on pain compounding
Burns any remembering

Then

Death, but not dying
Life, but not living
(I cannot remember smiling)

Numbness, always a dull ache,
Enfolds me
(I cannot remember laughing)

Unshed tears are not unfelt--
Existence is not worthwhile

Because I can remember loving




[ooc: An original poem by me]