Digital Poetry Project by Samantha G

1. THE LAKE
BY: SAMANTHA GOOD
ARTIST: EVELYN DUNPHY
SONG: SALTED WOUNDS BY SIA - AUDIO ONLY

2. 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 held…
And ALL of her fish in the sea.

3. Yes, I used to love the ocean,
Everything about her,
The way she would sing me to sleep as I lay
in my bed
then wake me with a force that I…
soon came to dread.
Her fables, her lies,
her misleading eyes,
I’d drain her dry
If I cared enough to.

4. Well if you’ve ever tried navigating your sailboat
through she stormy seas,
you would realize that her whitecaps are your enemies.
If you’ve ever tried swimming a shore when your leg
gets a cramp and you just had a huge meal of In-N-Out
burgers that’s 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 someone’s attention, but your friends…
just wave back at you?

5. And if you’ve ever grown up with dreams
In your head about life,
And how one of these days you would
Pirate your own ship and have your own
Crew and that all of the mermaids would
Love only you?
Well you would realize.. as I eventually
Realized..
That all the good things about her?
All the beautiful?
It’s not real.
It’s fake.
So you can keep your ocean,
I’ll take the lake.