Drift and Sway

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Oh, child

you look so disheartened

your hair in knots and eyes full of dreams unrealized

all the space in your head is burning kindling, all smoke and sadness, all rooms occupied

Be like water

which is a key to life, free and fulfilling

never breaking, ever-bending, the ashes you clean from your nails

when you stand again and face the world, knowing your will is never ending

All people are an ocean unto themselves

their depths and intensity as severe

every bit as full of life, ever flowing

and they break off into rivers and streams and falls

which change the land forever, often never knowing

that no one is so dark, so shallow and alone

I want to drown beneath the surface of a human

and love them for what they are, imperfect and dishonest

teeming with faults and bubbles

but I am a troubled wave, crashing and rolling

content to wander the vastness at best

while passing all these glimpses into my own sinking abyss

I follow a star and hope it's enough to lead the weary to rest

oh, child you would have such a different life than this.