Friday, September 3, 2010

River Imperious

So now I stand by the River 
It grows murky in the dark.
It speaks in a language 
I can not decipher
Yet, I know
It calls me 
To drown myself
To water-fill my lungs 
To swirl into
Nothingness 
To sink 
And to Rise 
Too far from help
Too close to sleep 
Spreading it's ripple-arms
Wanting to embrace me
I stare in
My ripply waterry face stares back
Pearl-moon smiles down 
Smiles up at me
I give in 
Throwing myself into ever-bath
Forever wet
Eternal sleep.

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