seaweed stones and sand
layer on layer over old clothes
made me so heavy deep at sea
in a state of survival
i hibernated in frozen waters
till tide took my body to hot waters
i had to rub skin raw
to grow light enough to breach surface
naked once more
i stand back on the island of my own
Feb 27, 2020
Feb 27, 2020 at 10:46 AM UTC
seaweed stones and sand
layer on layer over old clothes
made me so heavy deep at sea
in a state of survival
i hibernated in frozen waters
till tide took my body to hot waters
i had to rub skin raw
to grow light enough to breach surface
naked once more
i stand back on the island of my own
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