I used to feel the tides
Feel at ease with them
Let the water wash over me
I used to be
Where the water met the land
The oceans wave at me
And used to drown
At low tide
The sea watching me recede
I used to
Be high as I watched the tide
Rolling in at night

But all the sharks
And shipwrecks
Riptides to pull me under
My nautical affinity

I fear
I may never see the ocean again