Water's Edge

Cool water

Lay yourself down

Deep, silent

Let yourself drown

Bathe in the light as morning brings us home

Light gives way to gravity

Centre me (water's edge)

Look for me (water's edge)

Released

Cool water

Lay yourself down

Deep, silent

Let yourself drown

To the fray you pay no mind

But the blood we share dispels disguise

You're weak and human, just as lost as I

Try and stand against the tide

Your grip on all they know begins to slide

Repeat the words

"I'm fine."

Just know they're blameless in all of this

But still content to walk on broken glass beside him

To just let go

To walk away unscathed while others stay to take the fall

Choice it fades; compassion guides

Through the flames of selfless suffering you stride

The weight will pull you down in time

In their vacant, open eyes

You find no empathy behind their smiles

Without control, survive

Just know they're blameless in all of this

But still content to walk on broken glass beside him

To just let go

To walk away unscathed while others stay to take the fall

We spit truth like fire

Break your bonds and hear me:

I have heard your words, and I am unchanged

Walls of wood and stone fall

But we are of words

We spit truth like fire