Stronger Currents | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Stronger Currents

Stronger Currents

March 25, 2014
By KylieV SILVER, Goose Creek, South Carolina
More by this author
KylieV SILVER, Goose Creek, South Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 10 comments
View profile

We’d always talk about how
Drowning makes everyone think
It’d be the most peaceful way to
Go, but when the salt burns the back
Of my throat and my lung are held down
To where my feet touch the gritty bottom, I’d
Be a fool to think that my last breath is worth
That. The bump of the cold shoulder at the
Bottom of the boat left me reaching my fingertips
Up to the surface to scrape them against your
Words one last time
But I sunk.
I lost my grip on the chain of the anchor. And with my
Last breath I wish I could have told you that
The water had never been clearer.

© Harrison L., Ruston, LA

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Different
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Voice
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Moon
By Izzy Hare BRONZE
Camano Island, Washington
Izzy Hare BRONZE, Camano Island, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Secret Crush
By C.J.H. BRONZE
Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
C.J.H. BRONZE, Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.&quot; August Rush(2007)

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 1 comment.

Nadia.A PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 12 2015 at 7:40 pm
Nadia.A PLATINUM, North Vancouver, Other
24 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Find what you love and let it kill you.&quot; -Charles Bukowski

View profile
I really love your writing style, I went through all of your poems and was continued to be amazed. Keep writing! You have a gift.