Picked up and taken to sea
in her dying waves
melting across rock and sand
smashing its arms into boulders
eager to bruise
I’m sinking
in the bathtub
with melting ice above
craters like whirlpools near my feet
taking ships and whales
sucking us all
the below where infinity
spheres
bodies loop around rope
tied from here to there
ocean to moon
across every corner of the universe
seduced by it
terrified and craving it
anchors pierce through the core
trying to escape the sea
holding onto gravity with blistered palms
bleeding salt, feeding it
each careful breath
twining, next to the last
the terror of knowing
one of them could be final.
The Tributary 