Feared Drowned

Favorite Poem

I picked the poem "Feared Drowned" by Sharon Olds as my favorite poem because it reminds me of a hard time that I had to overcome in my life.

Once in my lifetime, I found this one perfect person who I fell in love with and lived happily ever after. Yeah, in reality this did not happen. Yes, we did have common interests and therefore developed romantic involvement. Real life relationships are more like "The Real World" rather than "Romeo and Juliet". It was a fact of life that couples do break up.

In my freshman year of college I lost someone very special. My girlfriend at that time broke up with me but she still wanted to be friends. We had been in a relationship for about 4 years and all of a sudden everything started to fall apart. I could not figure out how that could be possible to be friends still. I always thought once you break up that's it you go your way and I go my way. I didn't really want to be friends with her. I was ready to move on with life but she kept coming back to me. Although, I didn't look at her the same way I used to but she still wanted talk on the phone and go out.

Growing apart was the reason for our break-up. This was an instance where we just did not feel attracted to each other anymore and that resulted in an end of relationship. She started talking to another guy and I started talking to this one girl and we came to the conclusion that we should break-up before anything bad happened such as losing trust in one another and this could hurt our relationships forever.

Now I have overcame that tough time and I am still friends with my ex-girlfriend. We talk on a regular basis and even go out sometimes. We even have some classes together. We even talk about our problems that we have to one another. We still have trust in one another but I still do not look at her the way I did when we were in a

relationship. It was a wise decision we made to still be friends. She is a better friend than she was a girlfriend.