chiaroscuro

 directionless wishing for a current   this sinister undertow me floating on my buoy   watching the drowners swim  fruitlessly and chaotically   let them claim some foothold I have my bearings I can feel the gap between us yawn wider me at the pier and you in the depths Your cries are far flung I can tell you that you're heard but I can do nothing but watch you fall My feet on steady shifts of sand and nothing below you but darkness I feel guilty and fearful and guilty at feeling fearful, for what else can I do when I'm here on a safe dock and you drown miles from me?

let me go mad for you i will take on the world's armies scream the foulest battlecries to bring you back from the fount of death let me go mad for you tear the very wretched things apart claw through an ocean of screams to spark life into your irises to be mad, to be enraged, to lost all my sanity these are paltry gifts to offer for you, sweetness for you i would wring them all dry to wet your thirst cracked mouth let me clutch your heart and howl at the unfaithful moon let me take them all in gulps to swallow and spit their essence for you i would do so much for you i am but a small thing you are my everywhere i want you to be mine and not theirs so let me cling, and let me fray for if I unravel, at least I can fall for you again