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Don't Blame the Waves
  Push, Turn, Crash, Pull
  The dances of the waves echo
  Back and Forth, Rise and Fall
  The whispers of the night
  Known for destruction
  Despised for their roughness
  The creases in the sea
  Abide in the blanket of darkness
  With the stars as their only company
  They smoothly roll and loll
  Trying to avoid powerful currents
  Until they are reminded of their past
  Their failures
  Their overwhelming emotions
  That they just
  Cant.
  Get.
  Out.
  Those aren’t whispers anymore,
  No. they are roars.
  Heartbreaking, Soul wrenching
  Shrieks of frustration
  They slam into the sand, trying to caress it,
  But are turned away again and again and again
  They scream, love me, love me, love me
  But nothing changes.
  They try to escape,
  Try, try to fly away
  They lift themselves into the sky
  And just keep growing and growing and
  Shatter.
  Break down.
  Into nothing but foam.
  Another shriek enters the symphony
  A gasping, harsh, breathing.
  The waves won’t stop. They can’t stop.
  They just keep pushing and pounding and pulling and breaking and shhhhhhh….
  A dead weight enters the sea
  A soul catches flight and flutters away
  The water stills, and becomes deathly quiet
  The sounds of remorse come out in a low hiss of the water
  With one more mark on its algae-covered soul,
  The waves hush in a rush of envy
  All they want, is to be able to drown themselves.

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