Because Seeking refuge In the dark depth of this Earth Was never Ours to choose! Call us The People Embraced by water, Even when It swallows Us whole Again, and again. The water Still far safer Than dry land Ruled By tyrants. When we drown Our sorrow Our pain Our breath Turns insignificant Unlike bullets By Pharaohs Unlike deafening silence Of bystanders Unlike broken promises Of safety. Water is Certain The hole In our chest Was it meant To be filled? Perhaps water Come to mend Our sorrow, Perhaps There will Never be A parting sea, Perhaps We are meant To Swim The Earth Round and round, 40