You have walked upon my waters
And when you felt your footsteps sink
Found me deep enough to drown in
But not deep enough to drink.
For there are angry currents in me
That have shipwrecked every boat
That ever dared these roiling reefs and rocks
With their nets of fraying hope …
You have swum beneath my ocean
You have plumbed my deep blue sea
You have seen the wrecks and treasure chests
That chart my history.
If you could salvage all the men-o-war
That have sunk into these deeps
I wouldn’t hear them whisper any more
In the rigging of my sleep.
Else I would be someone else
You have walked upon my waters
And when you felt your footsteps sink
Found me deep enough to drown in
But not deep enough to drink.
For there are angry currents in me
That have shipwrecked every boat
That ever dared these roiling reefs and rocks
With their nets of fraying hope.
Else I would be someone else
Leigh is repaying karma from a previous life by working out this one in IT. She’s a project manager, developer, writer, musician … and a recovering soccer player.