{"sf1_id":917505,"sf2_id":"pnGzQ7Xm","title":"What I saw.","author":"I Am Chance","words":89,"posted_at":"2015-10-03T13:10:00.000Z","tags":["Contemporary","Poetry","Short","awkward","helpless"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/917505-what-i-saw","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/pnGzQ7Xm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/4a/a1/4aa18ba6-b70c-42b5-b60e-181f6816cac1","description":"","content":"I jumped in the ocean  \nAnd I opened up my eyes  \nTo see, a shadow of me  \nFloating on by  \n  \nHe said, in a hushed tone  \n\"Are you still alive?\"  \n\"It's one thing to exist  \nand another to survive.\"  \n  \nI knew from experience  \nI knew I couldn't swim  \nI stayed afloat regardless  \nMaybe because of him  \n  \nThe shadow of who I might have been  \nWith the dried up lips and reddened eyes  \nThe shadow of who I used to be  \nWith the paper mask and  \nMouth full of lies  \n  \n  \n  \n\n"}