Assailant Waves
ALEXANDER JEFFERY LIGHT
Eyes slide closed
The better to see a friend long dead
Was it you
Were they your waves
Now that you yourself are one with the waves
Embedded in senses
Covered in senses, hardened to stone
Tempted to remove myself
To return home
When you're sinking under a felt-depth ocean
You need only to speak
Ignorant of this rescuer
It still clings
It leaves a sea-green ring
My copper heart leaves a ring
Eyes still lie closed
We'd better send in her ghost
I can't help it, I bring fear
I bring her
She holds my limbs down to my waist
Says I can't hurt myself anymore
If I cannot move
I cannot hurt myself anymore