influenza

not my boy
not my love
not my sweet

let the oceans take another ship
let the kraken take another captain
let the mermaids take another sailor

be they drowned
be they devoured
be they ensnared

the coldness will not freeze you
the waters will not drown you
the fever will not trap you

i am wetbloodyshaking
i am hopingwaitingdreading
i am herebutyou'renotyou'regone