Tidekeeper

by Shapes in the Water

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A fountain I trade for a dampened cloth
For a cold touch, some quick relief
Veiled as a choice that I have somehow
To live or to just exist

How am I still alive?
I slept on the riverbank soaking up tide after tide
I hoped I could spit it out
Put everything back where it was when I first laid down

A cloth that I trade for an ocean
Calm down and drink up, you don't have enough
Failed to be anything, whispering
Just too loud, shut it out

How am I still alive?
I slept on the riverbank soaking up tide after tide
I hoped I could spit it out
Put everything back where it was when I first laid down

Fold two earths into one room
Decorate all the walls with paper that you drew on
Seems too crowded to be free
Now you just wander through rivers that used to be

Tell me that I lost my mind
That I just fell down
That I should get back in line
There are some days
Some weeks, some years
Where I don't believe anything that I hear

I'll just walk on the ocean floor
Maybe I'll find what's letting in air
Hope it's some shattered broken door
To know I have something to repair

I'll just walk on the ocean floor
Kicking up dirt, forget why I'm there
Finding my ship from years ago
Go in and sit back in my chair

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released September 28, 2021

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