Shallow Waters

from SPEAKS by Critic, The Cannibal

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She creaks and groans as the vessel moans, whispers “the waves will raise your home.”
I was buried at the bottom of the ocean floor and I can hear Davy Jones knocking on my front door.
Let the water pour between your teeth, child.
And drown the fear that drives your soul wild.
Now is not the time for us to pursue the demons that swarm beneath you.
Daggers fill my mouth, my veins are gunpowder, I wish my conscience would speak a little bit louder.
Unchain my leg, and you will see, when wave meets ship, what I truly believe.
I can’t contain my fury and rage, my eyes are set to kill the first man they meet.
Someone take control before it’s too late, there’s a fire in my brain and coal fills my rib cage.
Let the water pour between your teeth, child.
And drown the fear that drives your soul wild.
Now is not the time for us to pursue those demons that swarm
Back and forth and forth and back and back and forth and forth and back and forth again.
Tonight’s your nightmare.
I strain my neck so far that I can see my own spine crack.
O’ God show me mercy.
There’s no calm or solace for the dishonest.
Be sure your sins will find you out, no rain falls in a drought.
We watched a snake drown in shallow waters, with no legs to lift his tiny head.
Consider the old man dead.
The old is passed away.
Behold I make all things new.
Baptize my soul through your holy fire.
May my mind be refined.

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from SPEAKS, released February 18, 2017

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