With each new argument
the water rises,
still, you stay and fight
ignoring the advisory.
It’s not always easy
to see a way out
especially when you think
you’re on the high ground
winning every argument.
Yesterday, when you swore
you couldn’t swim
you waded even further out
and now that the water
is easily over your head
you’ve forgotten how to swim.
No one saw this coming,
and what started out
as a calm trickle of rain
it never let up.
The days rolled into weeks,
the weeks into months,
and so on.
The escape path
has been eroded away.
The waves pound the shore
tides rise high above
complicating all matters.
Sometimes the best chance
for something to work
is to just leave everything,
trust your gut instincts.
Look at the sky,
here with me,
it’s not letting up
time is running out.
Rather than stand your ground,
fight or flight,
just walk away
and learn to
swim again.
Dragonfly Poetry 
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