Rift
(jayn 2017)
Taste this ocean
my love
Here I am floating
in strange water
dark as grief
I am flotsam
a tide bound scrap of weed
rootless without binding rock
What does it mean
Be strong, move on
every step an effort
Oh how, my love
do we move on with nowhere to go
Mountains I cannot climb
tower beneath my flailing feet
sharp shelled peaks cutting deep
I’ve been here before
but don’t know where that is
There’s a jagged piece of driftwood
stuck between my ribs
splintering existence
smashing self belief with pain
If I dance it hurts
I dare not move
Becalmed
I stay in the middle
of that familiar rift
It’s cold here
Love cant reach me
as surrendering,
sinking beneath these crushing waves
my heart heaves
my lungs scream one last gulp of night
and I breathe
you
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