Reading of "Deep Dark Waters"

 
Deep Dark Waters

It’s so lonely of you

To sit and watch the tide stop at midday

And roll back to the abyss

From which memories and dreams have come

And faded into

And faded away

And born again like a swift change of wind

Opening the sails of a sinking ship

Pushing up the wings of a dove

With nowhere to go

With no home

Except the sea

Flying above

Looking down into the deep blue

A fullness that is empty

That glistens on the surface

But is truly dark, cold, and deep beneath

It’s so lonely of you

To sit on the edge

Watching the white tide

Fizz over the hot sand

And letting its coolness splash on your hot skin

But all too quickly fade away

And the sun is on you

Drying the droplets that remain

And the sand beneath you burns like the sand in the dessert

And you, the cactus, tapped

Cool water leaving you from the wound

Dripping down you to the hot sand

But the sun bears down

Sucking it up with its heat

And the tide comes back to meet it

But it’s dying, dripping, drying

And the sun is burning

And the tide is coming closer

Closer, closer

But it is fading

And the tide is here

But all it meets is dry, hot sand

And it cringes, clenches

And turns away

~Written and read by Danielle Raver

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