I’ve spent a thousand hours
floating in your silent sea
filling your ocean with words I swallowed to keep afloat
waiting patiently for you to send me a raft
or a lifeboat
anything to let me know you remembered
I was out there all alone

Somewhere along the way
I managed to convince you that I basked
in your quiet waters, felt warm
in the dark waves which wrapped their arms around my torso
All the while I waited for you to wake
from your tidal slumber and see me gasping for air
beneath the lonely waves