"Swim"

I went down to the ocean in the evening to see,
Somewhere near the rocks a silvery shine
Giving the light of a shape familiar to me,
An object inviting anyone to refine.
So I entered the water and swam for the sign.

As I glided on waves, not far from shore,I felt long tongues licking my my arm,
Weed and leaves and many weeds more.
I stopped swimming, then, like a magic charm,
I was caught in the sea weed knit through a trap door



I struggled for a while but it made things worse.
It was not long before I was hopelessly bound;
The water reaching for my neck to immerse.
And I knew for certain if by dark I wasn't found,
The tide so cruel would rise high and I'd drown.



So I waited in the water, silent and still,
Trying to grapple with death's touch, my enemy.
Like serpents slithering through the laughing sea,
Silent and certain as I ought to do.
And the setting sun was dipping deeper into blue.



The sound of waves crashing against rocks
Near the shore where I should have remained
Water in my eyes, I saw something move.
Then a voice. What are you? Nothing to prove.

"I am nothing, and certainly no one to you.
And I will not come up nor cut you lose."
It said from below where a dull light did glow
With a voice like glaciers and a tone without
The smallest cloud of compassion or contempt



Blood began to rush all through my body
And I felt a new strength rise inside me
And the need to breathe left me as I died 

All feeling went cold as the seaweedy ties.
I was water rushing for my newest desire
And I saw it shining with brilliant eyes
It was the moon's reflection caught in the form
Of a naked woman, and I knew her name

I stopped for a moment, lost in the light
But something still held me, tighter than before
Everything went dark and I tried to breathe
Then I felt hands pulling me farther beneath!

The last thing I remember was watching the above
Shrink like the ghosts of a long lost love 
The water enveloped all I had been,
I don't think I really cared all that much
Then it all left my head, and all went dark 



Who is it you've seen in your lonely dreams?
What is it that catches your eye in the breeze?
I woke in a silence and darkness without fear.
You made me sad, you made me want more
I looked down at my feet. 
A light wasn't there before.