Falling Under
The subtle tease of lapping water
Licking at your toes
Gently creeping upward
Slowly
Ever so gradually
Until you realize you are waist deep
Chest deep
Neck deep
Gasping and flailing
The wave washes over you
Relentlessly roiling and surging
The onslaught ceaseless and breathless
You reach blindly
The wave surges
Grasp desperately for a hand...a connection
Flailing
Thrashing
Desperate
Drowning
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Submitted by wolfsong79 on March 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 62 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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