The Lake

The Lake By: Samantha goodArtist: Evelyn Dunphy Song: Salted Wounds by SIA - Audio only

I used to love the ocean. Everything about her.Her coral reefs, her white caps, her roaring waves, the rocks they lap.Her pirate legends and mermaid tails,Treasures lost and treasures heldAnd ALL of her fish in the sea.

Yes, I used to love the ocean,Everything about her,The way she would sing me to sleep as I lay in my bedthen wake me with a force that Isoon came to dread.Her fables, her lies, her misleading eyes,Id drain her dryIf I cared enough to.

Well if youve ever tried navigating your sailboatthrough she stormy seas,you would realize that her whitecaps are your enemies.If youve ever tried swimming a shore when your leg gets a cramp and you just had a huge meal of In-N-Outburgers thats weighing you down,and her roaring waves are knocking the wind out of you,filling your lungs with water as you flail your arms,trying to get someones attention, but your friendsjust wave back at you?

And if youve ever grown up with dreamsIn your head about life,And how one of these days you wouldPirate your own ship and have your own Crew and that all of the mermaids wouldLove only you?Well you would realize.. as I eventually Realized..That all the good things about her?All the beautiful?Its not real.Its fake.So you can keep your ocean,Ill take the lake.

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