Watershed

You have been my companion all my life Soothed my nerves and calmed my mind Yet I've shunned you and tried to leave you behind Through the din of the ghastly tempest hail And the blizzard's dreadful wail You have been my companion all my life My muse, standing tall, through the most catastrophic droughts I now remember the relief that you brought Celestial spheres speak in a simple tongue Radiant symbols of the sun Show the imminent fork in the road The somber memoirs of yore An abattoir for the soul Reveal the beaten path to your abode At long last, I've come to lie in your bed I have given up, please hold my hand I have chosen wrong, now I choose you instead For my lifetime of mistakes, please forgive me if you can This river of blood became stagnant over time Beds of lotuses and rose mallows adorn the site The moon came and washed the filth away with the tides In its light I see your likeness and your smile This river of blood that flows through my veins Nourished the abyssal depths living inside me With all the sorrows that you assuaged You are now living inside me At long last, I lie in your ocean bed I have given up, you hold my hand I have chosen wrong, now I choose you instead For my lifetime of mistakes, please forgive me if you can