Dark Water Streets

On the streets for too long
The darkness changed it's mind
The river flowed just to flow
Laughed at what I couldn't find

Had everything to fight for
So I swam against the current
There was oxygen and hair
I lost everywhere we went

These are the ironies of agony
And we don't have to like it
But there's an answer in death
And we must acknowledge it

I fought simply for arrival
A steady heart of hope
There was only my survival
No shipyard and no rope

Awaying me from slipping
Breathing to the beat
Of water pavement dripping
Found a lifetime at my feet

Sat in the darkness for too long
The streets, they changed their mind
The river flowed just to flow
This ironic tale; not solely mine