Swim

a tear shed drowns
in a sea of pain...
a wave of concern
and you crash again...
a heart so full-
you sink so fst...
(a word so small-
yet a hurt so vast...)
you try to swim
but are swept away...
i know too well
this price to pay...
i stand upon
your sandy shore
(your tattered shoes-
yes, i once wore...)

i want to help
keep you afloat...
but words alone
are not a boat...
i try to reach you
through ripples of black
to hold you close...
and draw you back...
and how i long
to kiss your face...
to keep you dry...
in a warm embrace...
but i am not selfish...
and i understand...
so i'll only offer...
a helping hand...
forget me not
for i am always there...
i have ears to listen
and a heart to care...
i'm hear to help
through all that's rough
(i've said too much-
yet not enough...)
and though this tide
may drag you down
i refuse
to let you drown...

(to: someone in need)

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