Quicksand



Sinking
So close
Reaching for a hand
No one is there
Climbing
Think I found it
Happiness, but wait
Heaviness
Holds me down
Sinking
Try again for the top
Sliding down to the emptiness
Stuck
Like quicksand

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Written on February 10, 2022

Submitted by nicoleg05 on February 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 204
Words 38
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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