Water Wise
Selena Nichols
I have you to remind me why I’m afraid
Of water and its wise deep taunting blue
Don’t believe in everything your eyes see
Troubled eyes betraying your trickster facade
Forgetting your stains that tainted the few
But now I have you to remind me why
Masks you hide behind to disguise your cries
That fits this colored world of red and blue
Don’t believe in everything your eyes see
You’re gone and those you have tricked now applaud
I know what happened, the deep ocean knew
But now I have you to remind me why
I never go in the water, it’s flawed
The soothing waves, I see your hand break through
Don’t believe in everything your eyes see
Crowds laughing and enjoying bid you adieu
Your body trapped in oceans’ blood-red brew
But now I have you to remind me why
To never believe in everything my eyes see
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