Dark Water

In the dark water
Your pale, outstretched hand
The swirling abyss
In which you can't stand

In this deep torrent
I carefully wade
Fall into my arms
My love, do I bade

Allow to caress
And suffer me find
The root of your cares
And ties which do bind

Loosen all the knots
Which threaten to drown
Tethered to long ropes
Found holding you down

Below the surface
Lie heavy deep stones
They stealthily wait
To shatter your bones

You're thrashed upon them
Mercilessly: hard
Iridescent soul
Lies in tattered shards

Glitters like starlight
Cast upon the spray
Come into my arms
So tender, I pray

The sweetness offered
Whispers heard in dreams
The truth of this gift
Is more than it seems

Rainbow reflection
The sunlight will play
On scattered pieces
In the light of day

This simmering love
Your smouldering heart
This merciful time
Is only the start

The flood soon passes
And bones quickly heal
Permit my true love
With tenderness feel

Each blue-blackened spot
Each touch-tender bruise
Tell me of horrors
Let me hear your news

Of each passing day
And cares which do lie
Deep within your heart
Like ropes which were tied

Fast around your limbs
You struggled and fought
Under that tempest
Sole effort for naught

Life wants a partner
One to stand beside
To ease our burdens
In whom to confide

Another two hands
to touch and to hold
One to share time with
And slowly grow old

Here I await you
And patiently stay
To soothe and caress
Your troubles away