Drowning

Drowning

Implies a lack of breath

And a surfeit of water,

Usually accompanied

By at least a small degree 

Of panic.

Not her.

She's lounging in the water,

Flattering it with her presence,

Contemplating staying,

If she likes it enough.

Treading Water

Are we really just

Treading water,

Killing time

Until we die?

Propelled forward

by an inveterate

Purposelessness,

Possessed of nothing more than a

Vague hope

That there

Must be something more;

Something more to come,

Something more feel,

Something more to explain it.

Why most there?

Isn't having a life to live wonderful enough?

The NOW is all you have.

Live in it,

And BE that something more.