scenes.

1.

oh darling

brother said

do not go alone into the water 

you do not know how to float

you do not know how to run 

or how to live there.

2.

i jumped before he returned

i tried to walk in

like walking into home

like normal

in the water where the creature lives

where the grass is in tangles and gold

where the grass tangos 

and holds me close.

3. 

do not be so quick

you cannot 

cannot leave me here

do not

do not leave me here.

4.

when i was 6

i learned how to swim

in a pool so shallow

with water too clear

too medicated and too blue

when one day i tried to swim

and the day was too cold

and the water was too cold

and my body was too cold

too medicated and too blue.

5.

darling darling

i told you so

i told you do not 

do not go there

you do not know 

how to live there

do not

do not leave me here.

6.

mama tried to give me ginger soup

give me some warmth and breath

but my lips were too blue

i already too cold

then mama cried some ginger tears

all hot and nice

like sugar and spice

like the stuff good girls are made of

stuff i never had.

7. 

it's lonely here on sunny days

the waters are warm 

natural and nice

makes me wonder 

if i had waited

if you would float

beside my body

darling now.