Breathe Deep

Here you collapse, crying alone
Does the ocean make you feel 
Like all your desperate appeals
Break futilely as waves 
On impassive stone? 

Let me shake this icy rain off you
Let me drape this purple cape I made you
On your sorrow 
Your blue eyes shouldn't be so overcast

So breathe deep 
Inhale the sea breeze 
Recall that all your darkness
That you see
Is weaker than my love for thee
Take a deep breath
Let me quell your loneliness  
Perceive the seagulls as they crest 
The endless thermals that buffet them 
Effortless 

As the sun rises in celestial bliss
I see your suffering made manifest 
Our natures promise goodness with an ethereal kiss
But in the burning sand you can't help feeling worthless

Like a seabird with broken wings
You're a saint who forgot what joy means
You wonder why I would be the man
For a shell like you
But it's your pearls I love, you clam!

So breathe deep 
Inhale the sea breeze 
Recall that all your darkness
That you see
Is weaker than my love for thee
Take a deep breath
Let me quell your loneliness  
Perceive the seagulls as they crest 
The endless thermals that buffet them 
Effortless 

When the ocean's blue eternity 
Sends a tide to take our white beach 
Then kiss me without uncertainty 
Heed the ageless wisdoms as they preach 
Oh, inhale peacefully your final sleep

And maybe as we hold us, peaceful songbirds, soundless 
We will number our blessings, grains of white sand, countless
And we'll find our fears, monsters of the deep, groundless 

So breathe deep 
Inhale the sea breeze 
Recall that all your darkness
That you see
Is weaker than my love for thee
Take a deep breath
Let me quell your loneliness  
Perceive the seagulls as they crest 
The endless thermals that buffet them 
Effortless 

Breathe Deeply...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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