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Just One Step
March 29, 2021
As I stare into
the bottomless, breathless, burrow
My palms are covered in sweat like skin to an animal
moving down slowly while my feet are attacked with cold liquid
I am pressured to take the final step into the hole
My head goes under
My eyes flutter open
Like a hurried fairy
The water surges and stops the life in me
But then it comes into view
My toes are engaged
A hard, dark, mat of concrete
The ground
The ground
The ground
I put my feet down and am grounded with heavenly relief
My throat stings with pain but my heart stings with pride
I have done it
I have done it
I have done it
I have made it to the end
The water is cool
in the bustling, big pool
© Sienna M., Cohasset, Massachusetts
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I am 13 years old and I live in a small town in Massachusettes. I have a 2 parents, and two sisters. My poem is about the first time I went into the big pool at my standard town pool. I was about 5 years old and my little sister was not born yet. I had to write this for an English assignment and I got 100% on it! I put all of my heart into this poem and I am so happy to be doing this.