By Monica C. Voskamp
You could have walked away
In distain.
You could have looked away
From my pain.
You could have left me to tire out
You could have let the waves
Take hold of me.
But you are not the fool
To play the part
Of watching a tired soul
Drown.
You risked your life by
Saving mine.
You gave your strength
To chains prisoning me.
You dove that deep
To make sure I would swim
Free.
You didn’t walk away
In my wrestling.
You didn’t walk away,
No, you stayed.
I could’ve drowned.
I could’ve been deprived
Of all my oxygen.
I could’ve died
In my chains.
But you made sure
That wasn’t the fate for me.
You made sure that wasn’t
The last page of my history.
I didn’t die that long hard night
I didn’t drown.
When I couldn’t fight the waves
And was crying out,
You reached out.
You showed me
Hands of love don’t judge,
They reach out.
I didn’t drown; I didn’t die.
My body didn’t turn bloated blue.
I’m not on that ocean bed tonight,
Because someone was brave enough
To swim the depths to me
To guide me to the surface,
To see me
Breathe.
I will always remember that someone
That heroic someone
Who saw the miracle through,
Who now says with me:
We didn’t drown.
We defied the storm.
We’re swimming weightless,
Free.
Always believe. Always hope. Always love. ❤
*Photo Credit: Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash
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