I’ve been known To take on more than I can handle. To see the overflowing ocean That contains the tears of the world And to try to catch every single one With my own two hands.
I’ve been known To fall apart at the seams When I realize there are droplets Falling Through the cracks of my fingers.
I’ve been known To cave in on myself And blame my hands For never being big enough.
I’ve been known To seem reminiscent of the sea, Always coming back for more No matter how many times I’ve been pushed away By the shore.
I’ve been known To love too easy, To trust too much, To land myself in quagmire After quagmire After sinking ship, Giving off the impression that I was always calmly floating While inside this dappled shell of ginger And cinnamon And sass I’ve been barely clinging to the flotsam.
I’ve been known to get too attached Blind faith my only guide Occasionally mistaking the plank for Solid ground And walking right off it.
I’ve been known to backfire. I’ve been known to sink my own ship. I’ve been known to set out With none-but-moral intentions And end up lost In the map of my own mind.
I’ve been known to drop the sails Lower the colours Abandon ship Upon finding myself in the middle of a self-made Maelstrom.
I have been known to ignore the lighthouse Become a sponge And crash into the rocky shore. Absorbing all the hurt so seamlessly you’d think I’d been wrung dry
I’ve been known to dive in headfirst And come up seething When I realized the storm was more Than I could handle
All I ever wanted Was to save the world With my own two hands.
Now I have my own savior Handing me a bucket And reminding me That every storm is just a bunch of drops And that all cracks can be repaired