No please
I'm begging you
Don't push me back to sea


This vessel is broken and tore, I have no sails or paddles.
My body is heavy and my mind is all but gone.
I love the shore and I love you but I can't help but worry that something has shifted

Oh no
I promise I'll do better
I'll be better

Whether or not I was cast into the waves by your hand or my own, here I am again. This part of the sea is not plotted on any map and has no title. There's no sunlight shining through the clouds, the sea is black and devoid of life. All I can see is darkness in all directions.

Alone
It's been so long
I can't continue to fight anymore

I walk to the edge of the bow and I stare into the abyss, my heart like a weight in my chest that will allow me to sink to the bottom. Just as I step off the edge I can hear your voice,

or maybe

I just imagined it.