drag me out
like the tide
I know is
coming for me
in time you
will return me
to the sand
and firm ground
I know this
now, after all
the times we
have danced these
steps that mean
more than I
can yet realise
because I cannot
see the fact
that each time
you drag me
a little less
that each time
my head goes
beneath the waves
a little less
that each time
the salt scours
my flailing body
a little less
and that each
time you pull
my mind away
I get stronger.
