Minus The Bear

Feel the earth under your feet,
and walk foot follows foot into the sea.
Watch your step, read the sign.
Learn to swim or learn to sink,
or stand with the ocean to your neck and sunken feet.
You're the mask on my face,
at the masquerade; painted black.
You can take a place at our table, if they even let you in.
Feel the earth and dig it up and put yourself in the hole.
When the tide comes in you'll never feel anything again.
You know how a finger folds,
and you know what you need to breathe.
Our hands catch on everything,
when we're not asleep.
I drive too fast at night,
because accidents happen to other men
and not me.
walk into the sea