Before I Knew How To Swim Poem by Valerie Nicole Garcia

Before I knew how to swim
I took the wrong path into
The white/orange sky.
The swirl sun hypnotizing me; making me want to move forward.
Like the water I gaze into;
In the distance
I hold back not knowing, how to enter the blue.
I enter the sky with my wondering thoughts.
Rather than;
Entering the ocean blue.

Life holding me back;
Like a lock on a gate.

Wanting to keep moving forward,
My feet stick to the ground
Like the roots of a tree.

I try to keep pushing
But
I am just
Not Able
To swim……….