Please Don't Let Me Drown (Poetry)

As I lay here on my pillow,

Head too heavy to hold high,

Burdens of the world weighing on my chest,

No rest for my weary eyes.

I ponder on dreams,

I never could achieve,

And think of ways

To pull an ace out my sleeve.

I need to get back on top,

Before I drown at the bottom

Doubt’s creeping in my thoughts,

And it’s real hard to stop him.

How can I keep fighting,

When my fights almost gone.

I keep thinking

I won’t live to see another dawn.

But there’s too much at stake,

To let myself give up now.

It’s time to sink or swim

Please someone

Don’t let me drown.