Still Wading

I close my eyes

and just swim in darkness

Sometimes the darkness feels better

I've been wading in this water

for so long

I'm just now beginning to feel my limbs 

grow stronger

It seems they have come too late

My head is barely above the rim

My body seems to be stiffening

I've been kicking too hard

and for too long

My limbs have grown tired

Somehow

Someway

I know I need to keep kicking

-April 2014