I remember this song played through my head after I saw a murder. I was at a swimming pool, and I saw the dead body at the adjacent soccer field, surrounded by yellow police tape. I remember dragging my feet in the water and thinking of this song.
The thing that really perplexed me about that whole event, to the point where I was mad, was how even though there was a dead body out in the park, people were still "swimming" in the pool, like nothing happened. We didn't even close the pool. It just made me mad inside.
I thought I knew that no matter how bloody or violent this world was, that we would at least respect the dead, especially when they were out in plain sight under a white sheet... It's like no one cared someone just died out in the field. It really made me go through a plethora of emotions. I was confused, angered, and sad.
Once it happened, and everyone was gone, I just sat at the edge of the swimming pool and dragged my feet in the water. I felt like I was swimming in the deep...
I remember this song played through my head after I saw a murder. I was at a swimming pool, and I saw the dead body at the adjacent soccer field, surrounded by yellow police tape. I remember dragging my feet in the water and thinking of this song.
The thing that really perplexed me about that whole event, to the point where I was mad, was how even though there was a dead body out in the park, people were still "swimming" in the pool, like nothing happened. We didn't even close the pool. It just made me mad inside.
I thought I knew that no matter how bloody or violent this world was, that we would at least respect the dead, especially when they were out in plain sight under a white sheet... It's like no one cared someone just died out in the field. It really made me go through a plethora of emotions. I was confused, angered, and sad.
Once it happened, and everyone was gone, I just sat at the edge of the swimming pool and dragged my feet in the water. I felt like I was swimming in the deep...