Splashing water with friends in the pool was always fun.
But for the girl one year younger than I; water was dangerous.
My friend's and and I jump into the water full of joy.
She shakes as she climbs down the ladder until the water gets to her shoulders.
The parents are to busy talking and laughing to hard to pay attention to us.301Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5aimq0tUJ
While playing mermaids I feel someone pull on my swim bottoms.
Without looking I rip the hand off of me.
We swim to the shallow end and start dancing to kids bop.
The girl one year younger than me does not laugh or dance for she is under water.
She struggles to swim to the surface.
Her lung's begin to fill with water until she breaths no more.
We think she playing a game that we can't win.
A parent turns around and sees the younger girl.
He dives in and carries her out of the pool.301Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQulFjHpQQ
As our parents push us inside the house I see the girl with no expression on her face.
She was foaming at the mouth.
We sit on the floor wrapped in towel and cold.
Everyone is silent until we hear a siren.
Girls are crying and I am scared.
The little girl's heart stops and her parent's break.
I didn't know the girl one younger than me very well, but I still cried.301Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopGIgF4YF1
I think of her parents and how they must be paralyzed with sadness.
I think of how I should have looked at the person that pulled my swim suit.
I know can't blame myself because I was young but I still do.
I just wish I could have saved her.
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