Drowning Poem by Kiera Coffey (12 year old)

It was just a pebble that caused me to trip,
And then I was falling, falling from the ship.
Next came the ocean, murky and blue,
The waves rode over me- there was nothing I could do.

At first I tried screaming, without a result,
My mouth filled with water, I gagged on the salt.
I tried and I tried to think it all through,
It had happened so fast, what did I do?

I could feel my old trainers dragging me down,
To the depths of the ocean where I feared I would drown.
Panic was rising but I was still sinking,
Water masked my vision, I had to keep blinking.

I already knew, as I took my last breath,
That drowning would be the cause of my death.
That that remained of the sun's amber light,
Turned into darkness as I gave up my fight.