Floating ashore
And drifting aside
Far from above
And fearful inside.
Come for me, darling,
Pleasure me kindly
For the waves down here.
Swallow the rest
Of a body so weak
And a mind so weary.
But the world doesn’t mind;
And me?
I’m floating ashore
And drifting aside
Far from above
And fearful inside.
© Séamus Kennan / 2017