Katabasis

(Do all doomed fathers hinder the hurt?
Or will wave throw my nonsense back at me as energy?)
All is known to us
I am the deep you know
Our history, beating heart, will outlast us
(I see the worst in you)
Does your body tell a story
That pleasure will become a science?
That the oceans harbour grieving?
That cold, sharp sands crave our breathing?
A perfect way to spend a year
Before you disappear
Guide us out and speak a name so we can ride a wave back to the ocean
Horror! Horror!
Guide us out and speak a name so we can ride a wave back to the ocean
Guide us out and speak a name so we can ride a wave back to the ocean, dreaming
Drag us back into the ocean
The answers will not be revealed
Draw shapes into the air
In blazing fire
In both directions
Tether! Tether! Tether! Tether!
(Your body tells a story to us)
Scrape the debris
Off your eyelids
(Why did the wave return?
To draw a cross with a broken line)
Scrape the debris
Off your eyelids
Skin a diamond
Never ending
Masquerading
Forcible!
All carry rain
Into the ocean again!