Human Again

Your breakers

Your waves

Envelopes me

Like a flood

Since then

I’ve been building

Straws in mud

Just one more push

Just one more brick

Would justify

The blood

I was driven

I was strong

I climbed and I climbed

Till there was no more room

For anyone else to belong

Built me a mansion

Filled it full of passion

With memories

Do it yourself remedies

Neon signs fit for motels

Attraction becomes a cell

Only destruction,

A greater seduction

Could break this spell

But I am grateful

For in my ruin

I’ve become

Human again

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Haleiwa, Hawaii