Wash Me Away

By Hope123

Tue, 06 Dec 2016
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Do you ever just look at the sea

And want to walk in?

Walk until walking

Turns from walking to floating 

And then floating to sinking

Then you're floating sinking in the sea

Moving in the waves

Hair an ecstatic craze

Washing around your face

As your skin gets whiter and your face turns the same colour as the sunset sky

And your clothes push into your body and then into the sea.

The water's cold

The water's harsh

But from up here it seems so soft and gentle

Whispering my name without words

Standing waist deep 

I want to go further

I'm numb from the cold now

I'm numb to the cold now

It's time to wash me away.

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Submitted by ledru on

Enchanting poem.    I love the progression up to "floating sinking in the sea".   I'll have the phrase "floating sinking" ringing in my head today, it has a lovely edgy ring to it.

 

Submitted by Hope123 on

Thank you so much! This is actually one of my performance poetry pieces and I wrote it at that place in the picture :) glad you enjoyed!