Katabasis

By FoxBat

On Due South

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The tides rise among the bodies washed ashore

Single file we march adjacent to the dunes

I wasn't cut out for this uncertain of what I deserve

But I'll send a note to you

Home

No home

The shoreline never meets the sky

Hope

No more hope

These whispers keep me up at night

Come water, carry away the bottle I brought with me

Decades of waves won't еrase

Time's a-wasting and I'm wasted all thе time

Confidence is a crutch or maybe I drank too much

Either way I got a new routine

Waiting shoulder to shoulder, pressed chest to back

The longer I hold on, the less my mental grasp will last

Comatose is the new sleep

Home

No home

The shoreline never meets the sky

Hope

No more hope

These whispers keep me up at night

Come water, carry away the bottle I brought with me

Decades of waves won't erase

Time's a-wasting and I'm wasted all the time

Watching them drown in sulphur, collapsed poet, no guide in sight

A messaged composed in haste, I hear hell breathing when I close my eyes

Last call never comes when

No one is on the other line

Forever just sank in

And the suicide anchor's still yawning

Come water, carry away the bottle I brought with me

Decades of waves won't erase

Time's a-wasting and I'm wasted all the time

(Come water, carry away the bottle I brought with me)

(Decades of waves won't erase)

Time's a-wasting and I'm wasted all the time