Shipwrecked

You caught my heart

Like a child catches fireflies in Summer.

You told me you cared,

Told me to jump into the deep end

With my eyes closed.

I stuck my feet in,

Got used to the temperature

And joined you for a swim.

You dove to the bottom

And showed me how to make friends with the fish.

As I was marveling over lost treasures

I became hooked onto a sunken anchor.

I cried out for help,

But you were already floating to the surface

To look at the stars.

I was left in the deep

Already forgetting how to breathe.