Is death atonement?
My body like canvas
The scars restless ink
Fatherhood drenched in failure
Whiskey, pills, and the pale moon
Drift me off to sleep
For tomorrow beckons
And I’ll wait
To gather my heart
Piece by piece
Maybe she’ll help
Put it back together again

There’s days when I can hear the thunder
Far off and distant
The waves start to dance and sway
Where drowning doesn’t sound so awful
One breath and I’d be less tired
I’m only human and the sea calls for my soul
But, sadness is fleeting
For happiness drowns me in child giggles
And the warmth of her lips
My body aches
My mind races
Yet, I’ve never been so at peace

To my son
I plea you dive head in too fast
That the waters may shock you cold
But, that the risk they’ll warm your heart
Are worth every chance in life
For love and breath itself are worth it all
I sat too long fighting for things to love me
Until it finally came
Chase the stars and beckon the sun
Demand that light be yours to hold
For your hands are too precious
Not to grab the world

To the seas
Where you cast your love
Reel me in
Warm me next to the fire
Until the high tide
Drowns our worries tonight
And the lighthouse light
Let’s the late night world
Know we’re dancing
Waiting on the ocean’s songs

They asked of perfect sights to see
What came to mind was all but cliche
Wind scraped mountains with covered snow peaks
To the dark black ocean waves lapping at their toes
What I found to be reality, wasn't that of far off views
The perfect sight I found
Was when I went to bed
I saw her laying there with my son in her arms
Frozen in time
As beautiful as the day I first saw her
He just as beautiful as her
Just for that of a second
Time stood still
And I wouldn't go sight seeing for any view in the world

I've always wondered what the winds on Everest were like
I imagine them as brutal and bone breaking
That of her words like icicles cutting through my skin
Though justified in her bladed songs of howls
My heart still dances to the melodies of her hope
And the air of this mountain has been flooded
With all of your fears and I will attempt to hold
As many as I can on my way to the top

It’s as if my feet have bled through
Yet, the motion never stops
The sound of the waves ease the stillness
Always searching for where my ever drifting heart may be
Coming across entire oceans
To lands undiscovered
Foreign and feral
To find that my love resides in a girl
Her love is infinite and mighty
The best part of the ocean currents
Warm and wispy
Making sure I’m guided home
To where I need to be