under the ocean sky
you drown in sighs
you remember
sometimes
under the ocean sky
steps that cross the shoreline
are taken by the tide
and by dawn
you'll be gone
you'll close the door
head on out
and sink the oars
drift on with the flow
with the autumn tide
you leave the shore
come morning light
you leave your home
follow until you're lost
under the ocean sky
you miss but can't recall
her eyes and how she smiled
when she thought that no-one saw
and how she used to lay
awake before the dawn
in a bedroom full of flowers
with a window out to sea
you gave out for the waves
the dress she never wore
quit hoping many times
until one day you found
with shards of wood and quills
it washed back on the shore
white as it ever was
her hair caught in its straps
take me down
take me below
show me where
the rivers are born
take me down
take me below
show me where
the buried go