pool

Adelaide Livia
Nov 18, 2020

once i was a kid,

i saw adults

struggling in a pool

but always had someone

to guide them.

i want to have that someone as well.

and since all pools are occupied,

i built one for meself

only to find

myself drowning in it

with no one to hold.

i am drowning

in my own pool.

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Adelaide Livia

An English literature undergrad who probably hasn’t read your books-every-literature-student-has-read list.