Caution
Expanse of dark blue
Channels fill like valves of the heart
I’m a little afraid
wading through the deep
toes dragging in silt
I begin to pray
with words more breath than voice
verbalized with a tributary language
Want to turn back, but
sludge sucked up with
current clouds bravado
Smooth surface
reflects the glow of truth
disguised by the dark slick of night
Momentum imagined paralyzed
Courage clothed only in fictional
strength lost to the spin of tides
This visible heart, compared to leaves
saturated and closely resembling dead
animals bloated with want of yesterday
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