Launched from the ocean floor

To the pale blue surface

With a searing pain

Locked inside of my chest

–

Kicking and striving

From the pull of the abyss,

My fill of salt air

Begins to hiss and drain

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I’m just out of reach

In the lassoing rays,

Reeling through a wild palette

Of blues and reds   

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I’m just out of reach,

Inhaling with greed,

Sending solitude falling

From the hues of a promise