A Random Collection of Poems

Have you ever been to the beach?

Have you ever witnessed a riptide?

Riptide, undertow, whatever they call it.

I live in a riptide.

I continuously feel myself being pulled under and away,

all as I try to stay afloat with every fiber in my being.

I can't see anything,

but I feel everything.

Sometimes I can open your eyes and have a peek,

only to see the foam of the waves surrounding me.

The water hitting my eyes and leaving behind a searing pain,

and no sense of direction.

Every second I can feel myself stray further from the shore,

fighting just to stay afloat.

Really, I have no fighting chance,

I can feel the saltwater seeping into my lungs and filling them to the brim.

On my beach, there's no lifeguard on duty.

I am a victim to the beatings of Mother Nature.

Have you seen a riptide, or whatever they call it?

Please stay out of the waters.