Across the Tide

Across the Tide

.

I tried

To glide

Across the tide.

I blew from side

To side.

Behind a cloud I tried to hide

To outsmart the divide.

No cover, did it at all provide

As now in water I reside.

To swim or sink I can’t decide

Nor in whom I can confide.

Shelter I have been denied

With fear and current I collide.

A lighthouse over yonder I have eyed

Between there and here it’s not so wide.

The keeper though might see I’ve cried

The lack of hop within my stride.

It's better to enjoy the ride.
Let the ocean be my bride.

Still, it's pitiful I'm stuck to pride

Perhaps I shan’t be when I’ve died.

I'm sorry Mali.