(8/28/2013) Poem by Diego Adrian Manriquez

The ocean carries my body away,

It carries me away from worry,

I some times forget it has taken and most of the time abandoned me,

But I still drag my feet across the sand,

I still drag my body into the waves,

I stick my head under the waves until subconsciously I decide to go back for air,

I do not regret forcing myself to breathe nor do I question why I stick my head under,

I like to live as if there's a purpose,

More of a silver lining,

Perhaps for the lady whose finger is shining,

Cause she's found herself sticking her head under the waves,

So perhaps the ocean did more than drown us,

I think it saved us and gave us a meaning not to stick our heads under.