I’m just as capsized
If not more
Than you thought
You knew

I would be.

Don’t rock the boat,
You said so calmly.

Such poise

Such simplicity.

I'm shocked.

Because this boat sank
A long time ago

And you watched

Bow snap from stern

And you were there when

The life rafts sunk,
And failed beneath the waves

And riptides pulled

Harder
And
Faster

Then anyone ever

Imagined.

So maybe you’re just surprised

That I’m still

Treading water?