FIre And Water Is All I Have

• Charles Lukin, Grade 10, Cavendish Road State High School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

Let the ocean swallow me
Let me float in black and dark
Beneath the chaos of the waves, let me drown

Wolves baying for the blood in my veins
And I wish I could give it to them
So many skeletons wanting what I have
And believe me, if I could,
I'd bleed to death for them
Let my blood seep into the water
As I float through oblivion
I'd tear my bones out through my skin
I'd give them what I have

I've blood and skin and tears and bones
And that should make me happy
But the fire eats away at the edge of my bones
And the salty sea water dilutes my blood