Sink or Swim

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Sink or Swim

Everyday is an internal battle,
a struggle from within.
Each day I have to choose,
am I going to sink or should I swim?
Each day is harder than before,
and each morning finds me further away from shore.
With every fight towards shallow waters,
each grasp I make towards land,
I grow weaker and weaker,
oh how I long to just give in!
But I am a coward,
so I keep moving against the tide. 
Today I chose to swim, 
but I cannot say how much longer i will fight.



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Len commented on Sink or Swim

04-29-2014

The part where you say I am a coward, took me there. The fear of failure forces you to see what the next day holds, the feeling of having gone to far to turn back, and gambled too much to walk away empty handed. You took me to that make or break moment, and I LOVED IT.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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