What crippling weight is this? You bear upon my chest. You, a rusted anchor beneath my breast. Too many years at sea, I think, the depths we've gone failing to sink. We set course to find pleasure never knowing just how deeply we'd come to treasure a fool's dream. Reality breaks, a howling wind, the treachery of consequence & my soul grows weary. We put our hopes into the mast sailed far away from any past. But old habits did not stay ashore & a storm is raging in the North. Now this ship is breaking down. I feel you dragging in the deep. I see the plank beneath my feet. I am breathless. I can't concieve the darkness it would be to dive in & cut you free.