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Swimming

Not drowning

By Harper LewisPublished 6 months ago Updated 6 months ago 1 min read
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He hit me with those eyes,

a thousand lifetimes deep,

and I took the plunge

into an ocean of ideas best left alone,

dove down into a cavern of fathomless pressure,

pirouetted, and ascended, reclaiming the surface

between real life and dreams,

relying on tension to keep me afloat.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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  • Paul Stewart2 months ago

    Oooooh. This is a good one. Love it

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