If You Were To Drown

If you were to drown, I wouldn't jump to save you. I wouldn't call for help. I would watch you silently from a safe place, until it was all over. Maybe someone else would save you. Maybe they wouldn't. But I'm too afraid to ever be a hero. Afraid to be the one dragging you down. No; If I fail, I fail alone. No-one else must bear the burden. Forced to stand alone, the least I can do is bear my own weight. And you must bear yours. For each man must carry his own burden. If I were to drown, I wonder what you would do; and it's likely I will drown, because I never could swim. In fact, I'm drowning right now; drowning in the sea of life. Is there anyone to save me?