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Afloat

Dedicated to the amazing @broswearcapes because the cover he created is absolutely beautiful.

"I promise I will save you,

when you cannot stay afloat,

and if your tears can fill an ocean,

then for you I'll be a boat."

-Erin Hanson

~~~

You're swimming and you can't stay above water

the current takes you under

and just when you get a breath of air as you come up again

you're pulled under again

and again

and again

as usual

this is normal for you

and you're steadily losing oxygen

you're turning blue like the ocean you're swimming in

that ocean of your tears

and your sorrows

and your pain

and your regrets

and your sadness

that takes you

when ask where you're headed

you respond

"wherever the ocean takes me"

with a smile, a sad smile

a charming smile

a stunning smile

a captivating smile

that reels me in

hook, line, and sinker

you got a hold of me

and I can't let go

of you

of you

I won't let go of you

but the waves are crashing down

and I lose you

oh, i lose you

I lost you

how could I lose you so easily?

Your hand is torn from mine

and I'm left with nothing

nothing

nothing at all

I have nothing without you

so I float lazily down the current stream

with my back to the water

and my face to the sun

and my tears join the water

as I cry

I cry

I cry for you

saltwater invigorates your skin, they say

and I feel invigorated

I feel awake

I feel alive

but I'm swimming in your ocean

so the feeling floats away

after a while

by nightfall, I'm on the shore

I'm on a shore?

I'm on a shore!

Land!

I've found land

but an island is nothing

without you

without you, I have nothing

so I start crying again

and as my tears create a channel in the sand

leading to the ocean

adding to your ocean

I hear you shout my name

And I see you run towards me

scooping me up into your arms

and kissing me repeatedly

a longing on your lips

a longing you've longed for so long

a longing on my lips

intertwined among the rocks

and the sand

and the water

and you

and me

and the water looks refreshing now

because with your lips on mine

and your hand in my hand

the ocean doesn't seem so deep.