tell me i will be okay

tell me i

will be okay

that i will live

to see another day

that my efforts

are not a futile escape

to the land of make-believe

mornings come

mornings go

i find myself locked

in life’s throes

passed back and forth

by dancing waves

as i attempt to swim to shore

one day i

will be all alone

but for now

i’ll hold you close

and listen to

your beating heart

and the sound of the pouring rain