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# Row, Row, Row My Boat
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/row-row-row-my-boat/
- Published: 2021-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: My friends do tell me, with affection As if I wasn’t under steam You’re rowing in the wrong direction Can they not hear my silent scream? It’s lonely, traveling upstream The water swallows my reflection And swelling r...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

My friends do tell me, with affection  
As if I wasn’t under steam  
You’re rowing in the wrong direction  
Can they not hear my silent scream?  
It’s lonely, traveling upstream  
The water swallows my reflection  
And swelling rapids steal my dream

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**Author notes:** I wrote this after a difficult argument when I was told by a friend to try and "just get along".