Not Waving but drowning

[gabby27]

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not

Comments

[courtney_floyd]

hahaha wow depressing. that is very sad and morbid. good job kelsey.

[s4nnz_mutzz]

do you read poems all the time?

sometimes i have a hard time understanding poems...blahhh...

[gabby27]

not, i never read poems, I discovered Stevie Smith while doing a project for my English class my Senior year in high school