Letting Go

• Zoe Bird, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2021

The fact that you hurt, doesn't give you the right to drown me too,
If you called for help, I could have come to fish you out,
Instead you pull me under to get a gulp of air.
It breaks my heart to leave you,
But if I stay, I’ll be chained under.
Now I know I can never save you.