I reach for a hand
That never reaches back
Not because it can’t
But because
It doesn’t know how
So I slip
So I fall
So I drift
Too far away
I’ve fallen before
Each time
Harder than the last
I think I’ll survive
I always have
I guess until
That time I won’t

I see the sorrow
Hidden
Within your eyes

Buried beneath
A beautiful smile
And soft little cries

I hear the pain
Hidden
With your voice

A melancholy melody
That no longer knows
How to rejoice

I feel the ache
Hidden
Under your fingertips

Let me soothe
Away your suffering
With my trembling lips

Pull me
Push me
Drown me
Save me

Your tide pulling
Against me
My tide pushing
Against you

Sometimes it feels
Like I am just drifting
Alone in this ocean
That we sometimes call life

But then I feel it
Your pull on me
Your tide
Colliding with mine

If I drown
at least it will be
By your waves
Crashing through me

Pulling me under
And suddenly
I don’t feel
Quite so alone