subaqueous

nurture the depths beauty resides there

once you asked me if it was all worth it

gritting through my teeth

i chirped

'of course'

holding a buried scream of heaving breath

of course?

the audacity!

to think i left so carelessly

slipping off into the abyss

like the grains of sand swept away as the waves rush in

a foaming lie scraping its way off a silenced tongue

i did not expect to leave

that is true

if you could believe it

cowardly panic

manic fear

worry

doubt

'i had to escape'

whispered the drunk ego

slurring an excuses list to justify pain

misleading

retreating

abandoning

shattering veins to speak your name

- it wasn't worth you

let her be the timeless lesson of truth

any force that awakens suckling life

will bear the weight of condemned chains

but just as the ocean shifts with the moon to shape the tide

the rivers will swell as the sun continues to rise

their envy will turn to hatred

for what you can effortlessly provide

- she