Drowning

I'm kicking my feet and waving my hands,
I'm pushing myself as far as I can,
I'm gasping for breath as I gulp and pant,,
But reaching the surface it seems I can't.

I scream for help, but the words are lost,
I feel the pain with every waking cost,
A glimmer of hope at times I taste,
Only to have it quickly discipate.

In earnest effort I strain to grasp,
A passing glimmer, a distant raft,
Yet when my finger would find its mark,
My strength would fail and all grows dark.

I try so hard to breathe this air,
To make attempts and leave despair,
Yet my pleas so faint that no one cares,
And turn their heads like I'm not there.

Again it seems through all these years,
I drown alone beneath my tears.