I can exist,
Mirrored by you,
Leaving a reflection
Of my placid self.

So here I am,
The new me.
Where have I been?
I've become some else.


Say I feel no depth,
I swim in hollowness.
Afraid to go under,
Might drown in shallowness.

Dip my feet in the water,
Leave the rest to sleep.
Pressure fills my ears,
I hear the deep.


No need to bother.
I found a place to hide.
I'm under a rock,
Far on the dark side.

Don't know what I've felt,
Haven't swam in my mind.
Some subtle shallowness,
That's all you will find.


A rush of the damp,
In this person I hate.
The shallow thing I've become,
Too dense to separate.

Cool and clear,
A body of truth.
Surrender to the current,
Only peace I ever knew.


No depth to fear,
As I ride the wave of blue.
Yet, still my shallowness,
Leaves me deeper than you.

Lovely, sad and clever. You now have no need of me

R