The Drowning Man

She stands twelve feet above the flood She stares alone across the water The loneliness grows and slowly Fills her frozen body sliding downwards One by one her senses die The memories fade and leave her eyes Still seeing worlds that never were And one by one the bright birds leave her Starting at the violent sound She tries to turn but final noiseless Slips and strikes her soft dark head The water bows receives her And drowns her at it's ease Drowns her at it's ease I would have left the world all bleeding Could I only help you love? The fleeting shapes so many years ago So young and beautiful and brave Everything was true It couldn't be a story I wish it was all true I wish it couldn't be a story The words all left me lifeless hoping Breathing like the drowning man Oh fuchsia, you leave me Breathing like the drowning man Dreaming like the drowning man Breathing like the drowning Dreaming like the drowning man Dreaming like the drowning man