the ocean looms as we sit beneath the dam a swirling doom over all we hold in hand a loving gaze the younger days a fragile haze for walls eventually give way spilling onto every surface water of our steady breath chaos pooling into purpose the meaning of our heaviness i'll be still slowly we'll return to ice as eternity fills i'll pretend it will suffice i'll tell myself that you can stay that your face won't age that i'm not afraid though i know the way it goes oh More