In the depths of all I see
There’s a coffin shaped like me
Decorated in the skins of things I’ll never be
Emotions strapped to memories
Evoking guilt for things I’ve never even done
And shame for my excess humanity
I’ve paid the price of clarity
Live amidst the absence of sincerity
Life’s my lesson in lessening
Plagued with constant questioning
Unnamed sea creatures
Are all that I see
Spirits of summer are asleep
Silently whisper winter secrets to the species underneath
And in the ruins of the earth
Summon the faces in the dirt
To sanctify your old beliefs (in me)
Calling all detritivores
Watch as nature takes its main course
Watch as I become
The empress to a kingdom of failures
In sand I wrote down every sentence that could punish me
Constantly disappointed when words could not describe the feeling
There’s no place for me
I wear my heart upon my record sleeve
There are no souls in us
They’re waiting for the amphibious queen
My whole being screams maritime
When every heart is cast aside
When the hope in me has died
And my worst fear’s realized
And everything is dead
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