Me+and+Morgans+Poem!!

I wrote this poem with Morgan. It took us a long time to get our words into the right context to fit the poem. Hope you like it!!

I dreamed of diving, In the waters of the deep- - The waves were my line. As I began to kick my feet  The current took me underneath. A pull of troubles and debt; Keeping me from where I be- - I bobbed in and out of sanity.  My head filled with doubts As my mouth filled with water- - I chocked on the salty fear – afraid. I panicked, at once, over my head  Was my life flashing before me; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">As if I were dead. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I pulled myself together quickly- - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">My insanity became sane <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">And I was able to breathe normally; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I was myself again. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">My goals and my dreams, within arm’s reach- - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">All I had to do was kick my feet. 1204001159
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I Dreamed – Of Diving… __**

Here's an explanation of my poem that i created with Morgan. We took put a lot of time into writing this poem because we wanted to write something that was not only expressive of emotions, but also something that had a deeper meaning. We tried to follow Emily Dickinson's style while also adding our own taste.

The first stanza begins by describing the setting and introduces the phrase we incorporated into our poem. The poem starts by saying that the narrator is attempting to swim in the ocean. The phrase we use in our poem is "keeping your head above water" referring to keeping yourself above the worry and stress that is building up. We compared the line that you are trying to keep your head above to the waves in the ocean.

The second stanza describes the beginning of the downhill spiral that happens when you start to encounter those troubles. We compared the beginning of the drop to a current in the ocean pulling you under the water. The troubles are keeping you from where you want to be which is above the line of waves, above the line of worries. When someone is starting to drowned and get pulled under the water, they usually bob up and down below and above the water line trying to save themselves, kicking and flapping spastically.

The third stanza explains the point in time when you are at the breaking point and ready to give up completely. When you are at that point when your about to drowned, your mouth fills with a gush of salt water, making you choke and realize the fact that you might not be coming up to the top. Your panicking as you see the ocean above you.

The fourth stanza is when most people "see the light." This is when you accept the reality that you're not coming back up to the surface and you're oretty much dead so you being ot relax and remain content that you are dying.

The fifth stanza shows that the relaxation will lift you up and out from under the depths of your stress. Then you can breathe normally again and pull your life back together. You can finnally see the good and your life and start reaching or your goals again instead of fighting to just stand up. 1204086755