inside me is a tidal wave.
wrapped around my heart and suffocating my lungs, it stirs, and it stirs.
sometimes i feel it's mist clawing up my throat,
but my lips only part for the red sea.

inside me is a tidal wave.
twelve pieces of bone can't seem to succumb the riptide that crashes through the abyss that is my heart.
so it sheers into my brain and rolls down my face, leaving nothing but stained cheeks.

inside me is a tidal wave.
or so it used to be, for it has made it's escape.
anger had spit through my mouth.
determination had sweat through my pores.
and sadness had glistened in my eyes.
but happiness, happiness shines through my core and warms the crevices of my heart. happiness warms the bones that were once broken and happiness soaks up the flood that had once consumed me.

inside me is the sun