Three Women & The Sea

She said the water had a hidden depth where monsters lay She said she knew they'd drag her to death beneath the spray What fearsome creatures would envelope her, she only knew But die she would, a tragic victim and a martyr too. Sister united, sisters divided by the sea She said she had a fear the sea would take her breath from her It's all-pervading flow would fill her lungs without a care As useless limbs betray her weakened by the ocean's might She'd slip away beneath the blue into the endless night Sisters united, sisters divided by the sea I said I feared the blackness feared the things I couldn't see Of water black as in, a blackness to infinity I'd gaze for hours with a fear but with a longing too To disappear completely and to live a life anew Sisters united, sisters divided by the sea.