The Shore

Caught at sea among six foot swells With the sun beating down my farewell Burning through all of my energy Just to keep my lungs out of jeopardy Strobes my retina displays Fragments of all my days All at once it dawns on me To let the wave dunk me Pinch my nose and let the crest wash over me Emerge in the trough With my head aloft Corral my thoughts and zero in on the shore The shore The shore Fish out of water off the coast Saline blowing down my throat Treading drifting bobbing wobbly Holding back the mortal robbery Rising around me Feels like I could be drowning Rising around me Feels like I could be drowning Rising around me Feels like I could be drowning Strobes my retina displays Fragments of all my days All at once it dawns on me To let the wave dunk me Pinch my nose and let the crest wash over me Emerge in the trough With my head aloft Corral my thoughts and zero in on the shore The shore The shore