{"sf1_id":352180,"sf2_id":"q1xb2Wkm","title":"Drowning","author":"Xandie","words":124,"posted_at":"2012-03-10T19:36:00.000Z","tags":["Death","First Person","Poem","Sad"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/352180-drowning","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/q1xb2Wkm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0a/04/0a04755a-e702-4ff7-a414-f339896de610","description":"Thoughts on drowning","content":"Coolness surrounds my body\n\nI float; light\n\nAnd sink heavily all at once\n\nI can see clearly above me\n\nAs I fall deeper within\n\nThis cool haven; silent\n\nMy mind is filled with rolling thunder\n\nMy lungs burning in my chest\n\nI breathe in the wet around me\n\nLetting it fill my lungs to the very brim\n\nSoothing\n\nI don't struggle\n\nBut merely drift\n\nAs I watch the darkness close in upon me\n\nThe light becoming nothing more than a pinprick\n\nIn a world of black\n\nFor moments I hear nothing, but silence\n\nThe dark night seeping into my vision\n\nAnd then it is over\n\nAnd I am deaf\n\nBlind\n\nAnd mute\n\nCompletely weightless\n\nI am no more\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nCopy-written to Xander Bradeshaw\n\n  \n  \n\n"}