I exist in the shallows
Not in the bounds
I am out
Wanting that place
Hoping to be taken in
That new life
That searching embrace
Anxious
Waiting for the path to clear

Past the brick barrier reef
Through the plated sea glass
Counting, marking
Half expecting to drown
Battling the sting rays of doubt
Those faithless visionless creatures
Which patrol
The hungers of the mind
With the power to quash
All anticipation
All love-fed springs of hope

I wait for my turn to pass
Drawn to the living
Breathe in, breathe out
Calm
Hold
Water realm
Salt world
Beckons
Pulls
Take me now