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"Come Back to the Water"

You took something
From the water.
There’s an old corpse,
Walking around,
You were supposed to leave
Him there in the water,
Leave him there to drown.

Yet you thought it was
Just water,
No different than a quick dunk for a lark,
And so all the minister
Did was get your clothes wet,
And your life hasn’t changed,
Because you took something from the water.

Come back to the water,
It’s time for you to drown,
Come back to the water,
It’s time for a burial at sea,
Come back to the water,
It’s time for new life to come forth,
Come back to the water,
And you’ll experience rebirth.

---Adam Graham