The Forgiving Waters
02 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Poetry
Dear forgiven men
I promise I will never forgive you again
As I watch your face wrap up against another
I brush off my dirty skin and walk out into the distance
Shove a boat along the shore
Because there’s no way I can stay here anymore
There’s a pelican crying out in the background
And she’s looking real pretty up on the foreground
You’re clenching her hand and whispering my name
She’s hoping to death I don’t come back again
And all the time we spent swimming
Trying to keep our heads towards the clouds
Well all of that just got tied and bound
To leap off this plank into the sea
So you can see just how much you mean to me
And if by chance I learn to float
I will wait out the days until the storms come to chase
My withering body away
