Sirensong

I can hear it

Faintly

Just above the pounding surf

Music

Your song

It shifts with each second

Resembling instruments

Sometimes piano or flute

Once or twice a violin

Memories flood back

Reminding me of home

It engulfs me

That unbelievable sound

Beautiful

Monstrous

Comforting

Terrifying

All at once

Encompassing everything that I want

Everything that I fear

The moon peeks out from the clouds

And I see you

Knee deep in the waves

Waiting for me

I begin to run

The necklace I’m wearing

Weighs me down

Constricting my throat

Strangling me

I cast it off

It tumbles to the ground behind me

Crystals catching the pale light

Already half buried in the sand

I don’t need it anymore

You extend your arm to me

And I clasp your hand

Desperate

Cherishing the touch

My lifeline

Please save me from

Drowning