If I close my eyes long enough

Push away the hurt

And wait for it

You come back to me

In waves

The gentle pull of your tide

Could sweep me away for good

But I stay on the shore

For if I venture in the water

The power would surely crush me

Beneath the turbulence

A waning ghost of myself

Losing color to the air that is lost there

I cannot breath you in

Because you are like water

And I could so easily drown

To see the colors beneath the surface