Lost at sea

I feared and I lost myself in fear
As I turned my back on light
the shadows grew long at my feet

So I lay down on the sparkling

still mirror of warm water, 

and she carried me as her own

I lost my sadness in the sea
like you'd lose an earring
when the waves swallow it all

pull it away from your body
and you felt lighter and lighter
in spite of the loss, because of it

I was left with an infinite blue,
a painless, insatiable ease
and the gift of free-flowing