Teen Ink

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I scream,

and I can hear

it stop

the wind.

I can hear it

dry the rain.



I am being

dragged

down;

 

Through the

dry rain

and the

still wind.

In to the stormy

water.



I scream again

pleading to myself

to free my foot

from the binding rope

that laces around my ankle



Icy water

shocks my body

as I fight

with the brittle rope

binding me to the sea



dragging me away from

the still wind

stealing me from

the dry rain.



As I free my foot

and climb on top of the

main sail,

my screams subside;

 and the wind and the rain

rejoice in freedom

against my face.



I swing wet limbs

onto the slippery underside

of the boat.

now wrongfully face-up

and watch

the brittle rope

sink



down.