To Die Tonight

Let me breathe, in this never ending travesty
I am at the surface, this very shore
Take me.

The waves come slowly, I know you're alive
I have nothing here.
Take me, let the waters overtake me.

I wait upon the waters to lead me into safety
My face towards the light
Will you come for me?
The tide for now is too weak.

I'm foaming at the mouth, sea foam kisses my lips
And in all my rage, and in all its fury, let the sea engulf me
Waves pounding now.
The moon rises.

Breathing is becoming optional,
Sea levels stop hiding.
They've swallowed salty waters too many
Tears. Ocean. Call it what you may.

Let me here be buried. Let me here be put to rest.
Let my spirit live, this body die.
The waters above me, there is nothing left down here.

At the bottom of the sea lay this weak body;
At the top of the sky smiles a soul from afar:
"My feet on the ground of shadows, but my head towards the light."

I die, so that I may live.
My God,my God, in this death I am finally alive.

Oh for our sake, my Lord, I died tonight.

-Noemi E. Garcia