Dancing the Shoreline

Should I let you take me in?

Or set me back untouched?

Dig out a trap to wait where you rush?

Should I make haste to dive in?

Give God an ultimatum

To determine to drown if I don’t swim?

I’ve been dancing the shoreline, waiting for when

Some kind of sign says it’s safe to go in

I’m a fearless child ’til the tide rushes in

I stop at the edge and turn back again

Just dancing the shoreline

Should I go down to my knees?

Let you steal the ground beneath?

Until there’s nothing to steal left underneath?

Should I build up castles of sand?

Entice you to move in

Though they cannot withstand or contain you within?

I’ve been dancing the shoreline, waiting for when

Some kind of sign says it’s safe to go in

I’m a fearless child ’til the tide rushes in

I stop at the edge and turn back again

Just dancing the shoreline

Is it me? Are the sharks in my head?

Are the rip currents something I have misread?

Could the rocks be to jagged inside?

Could I lose my step and get crushed by the tide?

Is it coming or going?