ugly waters

i guess

i never thought

i could be this much

we could be this much

you see,

there's more than lies,

more that lies

under passive waters

where all the colors

of the eyes of the oceans

have been bled out

and we're all just an expanse of gray

i like to tread carefully

but sometimes i

take the dive

and i choke, sputter,

but pain gives way to

that Something more

and you are something more

we are something more

if we only accept it

if we only accept it

here in the deep

where don't get me wrong, it's dark

it's like nighttime is squeezing my soul

but then i see you

and i see there's others down here

as you cry to the counselor

and we scream that none of us are heard

but maybe we can

hear each other

and i think i hear you

where water fills my ears

i hear you

through the ink-stained waves

and suddenly it's all teal and beautiful