i’m not her, and it shows
Drowning in the thoughts of my self made wonders, wondering did I think too much?
Thinking about swimming becomes a secondhand stresser to a cross bound to the strangers of never ending mazes.
Thoughts of a passage too deep to sail, my boat has a hole in it, too big to repair.
Arms too weak to paddle.
I wonder how long I can hold my breath?
Smoke damaged lungs seem to be an unworthy qualifier for fresh air.
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I love the middle line, it has a nice cadence to it. I also love how the entire poem was focused on water metaphors, then at the end you talked about smoke damaged lungs-smoke being what we usually associate with fire. Excellent work!