I hear the water
crashing down on me
while holding my ears shut
I hear the secrets of the waves
screaming for all my attention

I feel the vibration
of the open clock
the open lock
look at me
and reveal
what my attention
has manifested

and I have swam through
the pools of rotting flesh
from the thought that perhaps
this is the best, that I could do
and ran right into you

now we are one