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Weight of the Water
June 16, 2017
Staring at the ocean
Waves crashing along your feet
Salt blowing in the air
Feet begin to walk in the water
Little splashes hit your skin
Swimming far
No longer touching
Gravity is gone
Let yourself sink underneath
Waves travel over you
Creating motion
A want to come up
Lungs gasping for air
Arms and legs wanting to move
But..
You stay there
Floating helplessly underneath
Staring at the surface
Sunshine hitting it
Gleaming directly in your eyes
Burning
A weight of the mind
Telling you to stay underneath
Quiet in the ocean
Too violent
Giving up
Swimming to the surface
The weight of the water
Lies on you
© Laura M., Eagan, MN
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I wrote this piece about weight of the world being on your shoulders and how an individual may feel isolated from society and they turn to an object that has no weight but it implies a very deep meaning towards weight hidden behind gravity.