I Decorate My Body With Your Secrets

Listen to the waves.

Can you hear the sound?

The rapid beating of my heart.

Screaming as you drowned.

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You dance across my body.

Careless and unbothered.

As if you don’t realize,

That I merely allow it.

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Your hubris is a stench.

It ruins your exquisite flavor.

You think yourselves gods,

that your rule will never waver.

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Even on solid ground,

I flow through your body.

You owe me everything.

I take what I want.

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You need me to live.

Billions of you like drones.

I devour your bodies.

I dissolve your bones.

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Our transaction is mutual,

You give, I take, repeat.

Pray that you never outlive

Your usefulness to me.

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My eyes are always watching,

From the edges of the abyss.

My children swim through me,

Always remember this.

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I am a keeper of the lost.

Shepherd of wayward souls.

Decorating my body with your secrets.

As I count all of your sins.

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The ocean’s depths know all.

You cannot fathom my face.

I will exist long after you’re gone.

You’d do well to know your place.

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