Mallard

Rocks in your Pepsi

There's rocks in your chest

I saw you swimming, but you

Didn't hold your breath

I wish I could get up

I wish I could run

But I'm just stuck here watching the

Water dance with the Sun

I wish that I could help you out

I wish that I could be a

Wave that crash

Help you move on past

To a place

You could get out of the water

It's only life

Bitter and dry

Something to remind yourself

Sunkist and sunburn

Chlorine in your eyes

Sugars they melted

They hardened and dried

And it's been years now

Getting harder to see

This faded smile staring back

Back to me

I wish that I could help you out

I wish that I could be a

Wave that crash

Help you move on past

To a place

You could get out of the water

It's only life

Bitter and dry

Something to remind yourself