Catch My Breath

At every turn I try to follow

Just to keep you in the shallows

Still it seems you're drifting farther

The undertow is pulling harder

I hold you here but still you falter

Patterns are too hard to alter

I cannot simply let the tide

Drag us under side by side

I turn to call to you, but you

Have fallen under and out of reach

I can't seem to catch my breath at all

I reach out to hold you, but you

Keep slipping under, just out of reach

And I can't seem to catch my breath

at all

Is every time that I exhale

One breath closer 'til I fail?

We only float until we sink,

And are we closer than we think?

You fight against me and the tide

Wanting neither as your guide

I'll try to steer you toward the shore

The same way I have done before

I turn to call to you, but you

Have fallen under just out of reach

I can't seem to catch my breath

I reach out to hold you, but you

Keep slipping under, just out of reach

I can't seem to catch my breath

at all

I have tried to reach you

I have tried to breathe for you

If only I could bend without breaking

If only you'd accept without taking

If only I could speak without shouting

If only you could hear without doubting

If only I could breathe without air

If only you would follow me there

I've tried