lake deep

i have one more thing to say
and that thing is
i'm sorry i love you so much
and also
i'm not sorry at all
and also
i'm really really really into you
and also
that when i'm tired
when i'm tired i'll say
i love you
about a hundred times
because i need you to know it
and because all i want
is to hear it back
genuinely
but i've sullied it
by repetition
so just come closer
and stroke my hair

[and then we dive]

i am a mirror you
i am a mirror you
i am a mirror you
i am a mirror you

you are a mirror me
you are a mirror me
you are a mirror me
you are a mirror me

when i walk into the lake
(the deep lake, the lake)

the water will be glass-black
(the deep water, the water)

i will chant like lace chains
(the deep chant, the chant)

silt beneath my slippers
(the lake bed, the bed)

and turn in for the night
(the deep night, the night)

when you come around
(the deep sleep, the sleep)

a moon rolling in the sky
(the white moon, the moon)

you will wonder where i am
(the deep dream, the dream)

and see a water ripple
(the soft ripple, the ripple)

i have gone to see myself
(the deep i, the i)

and i will come back clearer
(the deep i, the i)

and will fold into you
(the soft fold, the fold)

a selkie of the soul
(the soft soul, the soul)

a selkie of two waters
(the deep water, the water)

a selkie of two waters
(the water, the water)