I am water.

I can carry you and your burdens the size of ships on my shoulders

And you will never sink.

People always talk about how crazy it is,

That the invincible ship can float on something as feathery as ocean waves.

No one ever mentions the strength of the sea.

Isn’t it odd how I can carry you thousands of miles,

But when you try to return the favor I simply slip through your fingers?

I am the tears on your face that you never let anyone see

I am the rain that sets the mood for another dreary day

I can be solid as a rock when you’re not around

But the second your sunshine hits me I evaporate into nothing.

No one considers how hard it hurts the raindrop to hit the ground

after free falling thousands of feet.

They simply notice the inconvenience of a wet road

On their selfish journey to get where they need to be.

And no one considers the pain of the river

That it runs and runs and runs to escape from nowhere

And to go nowhere.

What you don’t understand

Is that water is the single thing that you need to stay alive.

You need me.

But I don’t need another sinking ship.