The Water Rose
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The Water Rose

The Water Rose
It was a sunny day
in my giant tub of joy
But in the echos
of the walls
defining this space
I heard a rumble
faint
but ominous
I let the thought slide from my mind
as I played along
until I felt that puddle
My sock was damp
my shoe was wet
So I cursed the clouds
overhead
But I thanked the stars
peaking through
that that was it
until I felt the tides
hit my ankles
I won't bury the lead
the water kept rising
I felt it climbing
slowly getting ready
to bury me entirely
The horror crept
right above my knees
and it kept creeping
as if chasing my face
Now well past my waist
I cursed the skies and God
the clouds and the rain
the torture
the pain
the dirty muddy evil
playing us like a game
But curses didn't stop
this monster's sadism
It's as if it fed
on all I was saying
It kept pouring on me
and the whole world around me
And as I was done shaking my wet fist at the skies above
I cried down into my hands
Why does the world have to be like this?!
When it finally crept up my neck
I decided my fate had sealed
And it was okay I supposed
I don't want to live in a world like this
All this dirt and filth and wet watery grime
But then
When I felt it was finally time
I did something I didn't know could be done
My hands opened
my arms moved
my legs flew
I swam
I had never swam before
So with new tears in my eyes
I cried back to the same sky
From the flooded Earth
And I said please, oh please
Never let it dry
So I can swim like this
forever
I couldn't decide which of the images I liked best, so I included all three.

"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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