She whispers in my ear when hugging me
I want to stay here forever
I don’t want to go
I’m driftwood
I don’t ever stay for long
But I don’t have the strength to pull away
When I started I was strong
A sink or swim
I knew how to stay grounded
I knew I wasn’t built to navigate the sea
But eastern winds lured me
With their midnight arms
And soothing ripcurls bending over breaks in the shore,
A soft bodied girl
The sky’s light grew with the distance
I acclimated well
And began to float
This is what I was made for
The unavoidable has formed me
I shall lie still in the dawn
Atop lies laced with simple beauty
Dark eyes and arms reaching out
I took her hand
And left half my weight with me
Letting the lucidity of my life fall from me
like eyelashes
Mere minutes ago the sea was dark and beautiful
Satisfyingly unknown
But now I am spotlighted by the sun
Reminded of my nature
Surrounded by a haze of evaporation
I am now so light that I seem to be floating
above the water’s surface
Barely touching its crest
Like God’s footprint
I am barely the weight of a breath
Barely worth the payment of a bard
Not even an imprint
Just a shadow
I miss what I could’ve been
Before I was hollowed
Look at how I’ve aged
How soft I’ve become
I wasn’t made for this
Stay with me she says
And I will,
Because I must float
I will stay effortless for her
Light and tasteful
Beautiful
Letting her sun-streaked curls
Swing off her shoulder and onto my neck
Until even my air tastes like her.