PROLOGUE Ever since she can recall she has been anamored with the clamour that nature brings. The debris moves to and fro from ear to ear like flood water. All these diversions only serve to muffle the din to a hum. Her demeanor is mellow, a low tide. Inside, the waves are crashing long and wide eroding her insides. As time goes by the tide will rise and meet her eye to eye.
Just like that you flood back in a flash this glass half empty. Just the lightest pours down on me and I stand drench my thirst is unending. Unquenched I s
hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ m tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod d ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu
Just like that you flood back in a flash this glass half empty. Just the lightest down on me and I stand drenched but unending. Unquenched I sip the salty d my lips and drink more till this is all I l seashore. Just like that you flood back in a flash filling this glass half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on me and I stand drenched but my thirst is unending. Unquenched I sip the salty
gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil t sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no n morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidn
IN THE CALM
sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg si si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nw morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidne
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gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil ts
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hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ m tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht ehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod sruop is I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu si tsriht ym
SINCE SHE SET OUT TO SEA SHE NEVER KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND JUST WENT WHERE T H E W AT E R W A S FLOWING
to look for unions in discord, fight against sisterly bonds strewn ashore like sea shells. Sharp, and serrated. At times she’s burdened by roots she cannot
fi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ m tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht
Just like that you flood back in a flash filling this lass half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on me and I stand drenched but my thirst is unending. Unquenched I sip the salty drips from my lips and
Just like that you flood back in a flash this glass half empty. Just the lightest m pours down on me and I stand drenche my thirst is unending. Unquenched I si
dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod sruop pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu si tsriht ym ust like that you flood back in a flash filling this glass half mpty. Just the lightest mist pours down on me and I stand renched but my thirst is unending. Unquenched I sip the alty drips from my lips and drink more till this is all I live for, he seashore.
R A I N S FA L L F I L L I NG T H I S D E N H A L F E M P T Y.
gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil ts sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg si si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nw morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidne
JUST THE LIGHTEST MIST POURS DOWN ON H E R A N D I S TA N D DRENCHED BUT MY THIRST IS UNENDING
fi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ m tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht m tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod d ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu
UNQUENCHED I S I P T H E S A LT Y DRIPS FROM MY LIPS AND DRINK . . . M O R E T IJust L Llike that you flood back in a fl
t like that you flood back in a filling this glass half empty. Just lightest mist pours down on me I stand drenched but my thirst is ding. Unquenched I sip the salty
gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg sih si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwo morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnen
ust like that you flood back in a flash filling this ass half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on e and I stand drenched but my thirst is unending. nquenched I sip the salty drips from my lips and
A split home straddling shore that's the foundation
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ust like that you flood back in a ash filling this glass half empty. st the lightest mist pours down me and I stand drenched my thirst is unending.
lfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ sim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht m tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod ird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu
Just like that you flood back in a flash fi this glass half empty. Just the lightest mi pours down on me and I stand drenched my thirst is unending. Unquenched I sip
lfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil tsuJ sim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg siht dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nwod sruop pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidnenu si tsriht ym
gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil ts sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg s si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nw morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidne
TWO MOTHERS REACH OUT FROM SHORE, GRASPING FOR HER HAND
gnillfi hsafl a ni kcab doofl uoy taht ekil t sruop tsim tsethgil eht tsuJ .ytpme flah ssalg si tsriht ym tub dehcnerd dnats I dna em no nw morf spird ytlas eht pis I dehcneuqnU .gnidn
st like that you flood back in a flash filling this ss half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on and I stand drenched but my thirst is unending. quenched I sip the salty drips from my lips and
Just like that you flood back in a flash filling this glass half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on me and I stand drenched but my thirst is unending. Unquenched I sip the salty drips from my lips and drink more till this is all I live for, the seashore.
st like that you flood back in a flash filling this ass half empty. Just the lightest mist pours down on
THIS IS ALL SHE LIVES FOR, THE SEASHORE
Just like that you flood back in a this glass half empty. Just the ligh pours down on me and I stand d my thirst is unending. Unquench salty drips from my lips and drin this is all I live for, the seashore.
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a flash filling htest mist drenched but hed I sip the nk more till
AS SHE SWIMS IN OPEN WATERS SHE IS SWEPT UNDER CURRENTS AND PAST THE BREAKERS STILL SHE KEEPS THE SHORE IN SIGHT REACHING OUT FOR A MOTHERLY EMBRACE ONLY TO FIND THE WAVES...
THEIR PULL IS LIKE THE TIDES! BACK & FORTH SHE ROCKS, LIKE A SHIP CIRCLING A WHIRLPOOL. ROWING AGAINGTS THE UNDERTOW, THROUGH THE ROLLING WAVES
YOU SAID THIS IS FOREVER SO I’LL NEVER LET YOU LET ME GO SO FAR INTO THE UNDERTOW YOU CAN’T SEE SHORE ANYMORE
I KEEP YOUR DREAMS IN MIND JUST LIKE THEY ARE MINE LIKE SO MANY GRAPES BUDDING ON A VINE AS SUNLIGHT EVER GLOWS MY NATURE SHINES TO GIVE A LITTLE LIGHT AND TURN YOUR GRAPES TO WINE ALL THIS IS TO SAYIN MY OWN SPECIAL WAY... WE ALL NEED SOMEONE, SOME DAYS TO GIVE WARMTH, SUN RAYS NOT TO BEGIN OR END HAPPINESS BUT BE THERE IN BETWEEN JUST OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONE KNOCKING TO GET IN BUT
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH...
HASN ’ STILL T THE WA IT I TILL I WANDER BEEN LO NG E LONG SAUN NOU POUR TER S ER GH? ING P O LIFEL ENNI MBER O E OF LO NG WELL S DOWN S DREA VES SUBLI M M FILL I S UNREA E AND LIZED TILL I FEEL I CAN ’T GO ON.
WERE THE DRUGS NOT STRONG ENOUGH? COUGH PUFFS IN HUFFS OF — OF DESPERATION WILL I KILL I? OR KEEL OVER ON A CURB DAY DRINKING DAY DREAMING OVER THINKING OF YOU
I KEEP FALLING OFF THE WAGON
WERE THE RUNS NOT LONG ENOUGH? PAINS STABBING LUNGS TOO BLACK WITH TAR TO TAKE ME FAR AN EARTHLY CURSE THE FLESH WE ARE
ISN’T THIS VESSEL WEAK ENOUGH? MY SKIN JUST THICK ENOUGH IT’S SHELL JUST HARD ENOUGH TO ENCASE A HELL WITHIN BUT WALLS GROW THIN WHEN PRESSED BY STRONG ENOUGH
...ISN’T THIS INK BLACK ENOUGH?
TO C A THOU TCH THE E Y G MY H HT NOT E FREEZE FLEET AND IN TIM F TION S FRO ROM PEN ENOUGH E THIS NING T MY H M MY RAW O STOP EART M I N D C THAT CHES ITAWHIC T P UNRE I SLEEP T ACES BEA H RACES O T S CON TED ARRE DREAM B ING IN MY FESS S U COM TED BY F T WAKE E SAV E E ME ARS I CAN ! FOR ’T ...
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SELF ASSURED OFFSHORE UNDER THE EYES OF MOTHER, MOTHER AND MOTHER FIND HER NATURE LAUGHING AT THE TEMPEST AS IT TRIES TOO TAKE HER UNDER. IN THE END ITS THE TEMULT THAT TOOK HER FROM THEN TO NOW .
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