The Flood and the Serpent
<p>You left me here, alone on this bench, to chase the serpent at sea,</p>
<p>It promised you things that I never could, so you chose it over me.</p>
<p>I knew it would bite you in the end, I tried to tell you in plea,</p>
<p>But you wouldn’t hear it, nor did you fear it, and so I waited with unease.</p>
<p>I waited until I could no longer cry.</p>
<p>I waited until I was hollow inside.</p>
<p>I waited until my flowers died.</p>
<p>I waited until the highest tide.</p>
<p>It flooded my bench, there was nowhere to hide.</p>
<p>I tried to take it all in stride, but I missed you dearly by my side.</p>
<p>The silence was broken by the horrific sound of you far from shore starting to drown.</p>
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