Sinking People
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Sinking People
Cover their eyes to hide an expression of pain
Faces in the water, distorted
Wind whips round and pulls the waves over
Underneath those who lie, lie together
And then I started falling, sinking deep
Looking at those above who fight the waves
Those able to fight the current that pulls us under
And then there are the hands that reach to pull us out
Taking us up higher, but the surface of the water remains unbroken
And then the wind fades and again we rise
Aching, abused, supposedly accepted
Accepted by those who swim
And then the wind returns.
The poem is based on what life is like living with chronic pain/illness.
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