Sinking Ship

We were young

When we agreed to board  that sinking ship

We convinced ourselves

That we could be make it home

By the last trip

But the ship sailed

And we didn’t alight

We didn’t care to

Blindly we clinged on

Waiting for the mornings light

Hoping it’d never come

We’d gone too far

From our lifeline

The ship was sinking

And you jumped out

When i wast fast asleep

By your side

Foolish me!

I stuck around

Thinking you weren’t too far

Hoping you’d come back 

To leave together

But you swam

Far away

The salt and sun

Changed your skin

And you weren’t coming back

How was I to know

I thought I knew you

I thought we were true

When we laid our souls bare that night

On the sinking ship

Oh that one moment!

That blinded my vision

And connived me to trust

That you’ll return to this wanting arms.

To swim away

As the alarm bells ring

And as the ship is sinking

I stare at the sun in agony

Too wounded to swim

But too afraid to sink.

N