No Longer Drowning

[mianakao]

I was fading fast and
drowning past the demons
that so readily were waiting
to pull me down; trying to pound
the nightmares into my heart; trying
to tear me apart. I didn’t know if I was
strong enough to push back -
a love attack
stopped me in midair and I sat there
and stared
and realized that I don’t care
about the diminutive tasks at hand
because I’ve finally reached land after
the longest uphill swim in history.