swan dive off a balcony
could have sworn there was a gate
I can't catch you...
we fall together, head first
screaming, clawing, waving in flight...

didn't want to jump,
but you made me...

didn't want to fall,
but I did...

are you with me or not?
I lost all sight of where you are,
I hear my own screams go quiet,
I've hit a cold, silk bed of warm water.
ocean waves float with foam...
happily breaking the surface,
I look for you and I cry...
I breathe fresh air,
I can't find you anywhere...

04/08/2002

Posted on 04/08/2002
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