Stay your mind in the crashing waves

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.