Toxins run deep
Like rapids they flow
Churning the river
Wreaking havoc below

After the storm
Comes the soothing stream
Pastoral and kind
Commodity of a dream

Defining the course
To a path of regret
Chasing a dragon
Into the looming sunset

The dark will fall soon
No direction in sight
The glow of the moon
Brings creatures of the night

The same ol’ beasts
Along the waters edge
Part of the poison
The reason for a dredge

Searching the shores
For something to row
To escape the grip
Of an exhausting undertow

Beginning to shallow
Less of a fight to face
Who will reach out
Save me with their embrace

Where has everyone gone
They left on a whim
Up to me to decide
Whether I sink or I swim