I am so mentally and emotionally exhausted trying to separate lies from truth. I cannot keep up with it all, try as I might. I am in an information overload state of mind and would like to escape, if only for a few hours.


Going Under

I am drowning in an ocean
littered with words of information,
pollution I must audit,
waiting to see which float to me
and which sink under the weight
of the lies they peddle.

I wish I could swim away,
find an island where the breeze
whispers softly through the trees,
where it blows away all the words
to leave me unmarked,
free from the burden of thinking.

I am not a strong swimmer,
currents hurry me along
grasping for words to file -
for reference, for recall -
before the next wave crashes
carrying a fresh batch.

I am drowning in an ocean
as others swim by, strong and sure
in the words they have absorbed,
while I flounder about,
a word retained here and there
as I sink to the bottom.

Here truth and lies dissolve alike.
Here I am finally, quietly, unburdened.




Poetry by Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-07-18 at 18:11

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