The Tide and The Siren's Song

Nothing could prepare me for your eyes

They were so much deeper than I realized

And I feared that if I looked into them for too long

I’d fall into them and sink down, down...

Pulled deeper by the siren’s song.

I have to keep my feet on the ground.

So I look away

But I’m hoping you still stay

Because I long to watch the ocean.

It pulls me in like the tide

A rhythmic and gentle motion

That draws my eyes.

Up, up, back to yours

And in these oceans the blue obscures

My thoughts that try to keep me afloat.

I am sinking; I am falling in deep.

I have no life jacket, no life boat.

I am dreaming, I am asleep.

No. nothing could prepare me for your eyes

Which were so much deeper than I realized.

And although I tried to look away from your blue

I could only turn away for so long

Before I was pulled back to you

By the tide and the siren’s song.