The Drowned Sailor


you are the calm before the clouds that rain into my eyes
you are the eye inside the hurricane of your own lies
you are the anchor in the waves that batter me around
you are the anchor on my feet that pulls me halfway down

i surface again
you can't let me win
i surface and breathe
but that's not what you need
from me

i've been your healing touch when life was screaming all around
i've been the comforter upon the bed of nails you pounded
i've been your lifeboat on demand whenever you allowed it
i am the lifeboat in the monsoon and i'm sinking now

i surface again
you can't let me win
i surface and breathe
but that's not what you need
from me
not now
i wish you'd show me how
to love you again

i surface again
you can't let me win
i surface and breathe
but that's not what you need
from me
not now
i wish that i knew how
to leave you again
again


Copyright © 1999 by Katherine Foreman



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