Oh Darling, How I love you
When you slip beneath the waves,
Curls swaying in the winter surf
Drift and sink, and rise no more.
In days gone by, I would have died
As I tried to pull you to the shore.
The siren song of being a hero
Bashing my head upon the rocks.
How I love you now, as you slide
Into the cool of the Kraken's embrace,
Many-tentacled, silent in the deep
Down where the sunbeams diffuse in tears.
How I want to dive, even now
To pull you by the wrist to the surface spray,
Grasp you tight, kiss the life into your lips,
Rescue you with my mighty wrath.
Darling, rest easy, I will recall
With Rum and shanties, I will regale:
Tell the tale, how in the gale,
I let you drown to save my soul
10-9-2021
