In The Eye

Cold (For Lucy)

I want to weight myself in the water

And watch the nights get shorter

As the temperature drops,

And the surface freezes over

I've been cold before

And I've always had a sweater

But thank god in this deep water

If I struggle I'll just get wetter

I hope that I live long enough

To feel the ice close in

Surrounded, encased,

The best I've ever been

I won't miss the warmth

And I will not want it back

The ice will fill my heart

Every tear and every crack

I will watch the world above me

Looking up through a surface so clear

The snow falling down like teardrops

Will remind me why I'm here

In the spring they will find me

Skin pale and lips so blue

But what I hope they understand is

I did this because of you