With calm waters you may splash and prance on the surface
bask in the warmth of the sun and its glory
lose yourself, ourselves, in the time of our lives.
These waters turn grey,
the sun blotted from the sky
shrouded by cloud.
Only those who stay calm in the crashing waves
can survive
and reach the shore.
Do not cling to me if you cannot stay your nerves.
I have held you above the surface for too long.
do not pull me under.
It will not go how you think.
I will swim to the shore with you
I will keep you above the deep
if only you do not trash wildly
I beg you
keep your mind.
You will drown otherwise
and I will not drown with you.
You will go alone.
There will be no sun on the shore without you
but I will choose solitude on the dry shores
to sharing the dark and the deep.