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Dissipated;;

My body washes on the shore,

so battered and forgotten.

Run along, don't see me there?

I am your lost correspondent.

 

Chimes!

They ring!

As warm, strong hands,

pull me from the water...

 

"Are you alright!?"

A soft voice sings,

shaking me from seaweed and sulfur.

 

I cough up blood,

I'm not okay,

I'm dragged back to the sea.

 

"Why!" I ask,

I've done no wrong,

You'll just have to believe...

 

I've barely come to life you see,

I've been lost in frigid waters,

snarled starfish in my curls,

as I in the ocean's daughter.

 

"Come along let's rinse you off.

For you have done no harm;

I will be here to protect,

For not will I, your prince, neglect your love..."

 

And as the waves crashed on my shore,

I have a helping hand,

to hold... to be the better man.

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stephanie-hannah
American
Published
Apr 24, 2010
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