124 Quotes About Drowning

Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater.We could breathe and talk to one another.We rowed past schools of fish and sea anemones and Moses named them for me.”—Jules Finn

I'd Drown For YouI opened my heart to youA complete immersionI offered my soul to youA heavenly diversion

Sometimes you're drowning yourself in your own words.

And I realize, so suddenly that it hurts, just how empty a creature can be, while still filled to the brim with drowning agony.

Drowning,Drowning on the land,Drowning,It doesn't end.

sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love.

It is comforting, after finding out that your loved one has just drowned, to estimate the number of times their life was saved by water.

Coincidences undeniably imply meaning.I am rereading Hart Crane.I notice the dateOn which he stepped off that boatWas April 26.Tomorrow is April 26.The year of his suicide was 1932.I was four.I am now fifty-one.One undeniable implication in this case thenIs that the year, today,Is 1979.Afterward, Crane’s mother scrubbed floors.Eventually, I may or may notJump overboard.Are there questions?

Each night he would give up on sleeping in his pain and drowning in his silence; he would watch the few stars that were in the sky that night, but he would never be living them. Something has taken his warmth and replaced it with a starless sky.