Swimming from 11:11 by Pinegrove

swimming as a child down the shore
i was blurred under the undertow
& crossed into a borderline

i divined an image of myself
unraveling in patterns
& suddenly i’m back on the beach

sputtering into the moving trees
& birds above & clouds all
going on without me
they do hallucinate
a ladder to the sky
i wanna be a part of it
i wanna live my life
out

i turn over & cough into the sand
there’s sand in everything
& i howl like an animal

in the distance i see you running up
you’re shaking in relation
to everything i turn again

sputtering into the moving trees
& birds above & clouds all
going on without me
they do elucidate
a letter to the sky
i wanna be a part of it
i’m not ready to die
yet

coming up from every part of me
i feel it in my skeleton
i feel it like a brass key
opening an image in my mind
i wanna be alive
i wanna live my life
out

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