Fortnights, I dreamt we
Were entwined like trees
The mud warms my roots from beneath
But you're petrified
Like Roman statues
A beauty that will melt the granite
And I want to shout out to myself
That this was all something true
I took a spoon to my chest
Pulling out your red overcoat
And I just wanted to be hot
And buttoned up in warm fleece
Winter days were left so long ago
You set your sails
Across the endless blue
Where you found comfort
In me
And from all this swimming
It has seemed to teach me
That love is just a luxury I can't afford
I want myself to keep pressing
Across the waves as a fish
I seem to keep getting swallowed
By all the whales that block my love
Where you would just catch me
And reel me in and hopefully
You'd kill me and let me sleep