h2o

There are often times where 

I drown 

in the deepest recesses of my 

thoughts.  

Like the time I jumped into the public pool 

because all of the big kids knew 

how to swim.

I gasped for air as water tried making its way into my 

lungs

Hopelessly floating in the cool chlorine 

blue.

I faintly remember a pair of arms reaching around my waist,

And dragging me out.

I felt myself 

coughing 

violently.

Remorse.

Pain.

Isolation.

Anger.

Sadness.

Could it have been better to stay in the water?

-mgm

Idiots...

The school district in my town is becoming extremely lame.

The school board decided to place enormous metal fencing around the entire parameters of all of the schools in the district.

Why?

'Safety issues,' they claim.

Really?

I've lived in my small, insignificant town my whole life. The most 'unsafe' incident to ever happen throughout my lifetime was trying to cross the street to get a Slushie after school.

Nothing ever happens to us, yet they still want to cage us in the schools, like prisoners.

Okay, let's say there is a bomb threat, or a shooter on campus?

The automatic human reflex is to run, or flee.

How in the world will we 'flee' with metal bars blocking our only way out?

Just saying.