The Tides Of Fate

I had been treading water for what felt like months, fighting to stay above the waves
My only thought being to remain above the blows of salty water in the sea of tears.
Ceased moving forward or back, caught in the same place, fighting to just survive

Things weren’t always like this. Months before, life was much simpler.
I have always been at sea, though that was different, calmer.
I was seldom disturbed by even the slightest tremor.
Able to float along happily, never bothering with the shadowy world beneath me.
But then everything changed.

On a perfectly ordinary day, storm clouds appeared.
As the day ended so did my sense of peace, my tranquil sea turned deadly
The rain of sobs and wind of sorrow stirring the waters into a frenzy.
Waves crashed down upon me, plunging me into the somber and terrifying world below.

I fought my way to the surface time and time again, desperate to survive
Yet, with every surface, the waves grew and my resolve withered.
I knew, without a fight, I would never be able to surface again, never be able to escape the sea.

I tried to pretend that nothing had changed, imagined that this was the sea I had once known
Because ignorance is bliss and I longed to have that innocence back.
Never knowing the true force that fate’s blows carry.

Suddenly I was dragged downwards
Thrown into the bowels of the abyss, surrounded by darkness with no escape

Gasping, my lungs filled with water and I feared an end that never came.
I realized then, that I could breathe underwater
Breathing in the necessary and expelling the toxic

Ignorance is bliss, but that's not living
Amid the darkness is where I was meant to be,
Experiencing life as it actually is.
I’ve adapted
And this is where I will stay,
Where I belong.

This poem is about: 
Me

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