You are blue like the skies, I am blue as the ocean

You are blue like the skies

I am blue as the ocean

You say we are made of the same color,

but I remind you we are

separated

On the first day

You sent your birds down

and I welcomed them into my arms

and watched them drown

With their bones I built you a boat

With my waves I crashed it on stones

I can't contain this violence

On the second day

Your rays of sunshine reached

to touch my surface; in my dreams

I became a beach

In the reality of the shade I admire

the warmth that the cold of my depths forbade

I can only love in silence

On the third day

The winds have gone quiet;

but I'm here and I listen

I'm here where I watch them carry you

away as I count the distance:

one year away

two years away

three years away

I'm here where I can feel your breeze

like a memory, try to ignore the gap

four years away

five years away

Light turns dark

and your birds fly higher and become

the sparks that lead a sailor to safety

Under the surface I weep

in awe of this beauty

six years away

I have not seen a bird

nor felt the sun kiss my face

Frantically searching, I tear open the skies

Rain pours out and paints the air bloody

and I pour salt in its wound

My shame forms a thick fog but

I can't hide this disgrace

Then, slowly emerging: a seagull drifts nigh

I pluck feathers from its body

and I drown them

and reminisce about you

Dark turns brighter

when your plumage sinks deeper and becomes

little lights for the sailor falling overboard

Under the surface I'm calling

to guide his way back to shore

Deep beneath the vast blue

my siren song calls the sailor further

Deep here in the treasonous black

where I fill his lungs with brine

I cannot be like you

You are black like the starry night sky

I am black as a treacherous ocean trench

You say we are made of the same color,

but I remind you we are

separated

and I drown myself