Reading of "Deep Dark Waters"

 
Deep Dark Waters

It's so lonely of youTo sit and watch the tide stop atmiddayAnd roll back to the abyssFrom which memories and dreams havecomeAnd faded intoAnd faded awayAnd born again like a swift change ofwindOpening the sails of a sinking shipPushing up the wings of a doveWith nowhere to goWith no homeExcept the seaFlying aboveLooking down into the deep blueA fullness that is emptyThat glistens on the surfaceBut is truly dark, cold, and deepbeneath
It's so lonely of youTo sit on the edgeWatching the white tide Fizz over the hot sandAnd letting its coolness splash on yourhot skinBut all too quickly fade awayAnd the sun is on youDrying the droplets that remainAnd the sand beneath you burns like thesand in the dessertAnd you, the cactus, tappedCool water leaving you from the woundDripping down you to the hot sandBut the sun bears downSucking it up with its heatAnd the tide comes back to meet itBut it's dying, dripping, dryingAnd the sun is burningAnd the tide is coming closerCloser, closerBut it is fadingAnd the tide is hereBut all it meets is dry, hot sandAnd it cringes, clenchesAnd turns away

~Written and read by Danielle Raver

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