Forsaken Sea – Sekou Sundiata
Always go in low tide
High tide comes
Always go in low tide
High tide comes
We always go it seems
We always go to the ocean
We always go to the ocean at low tide.
We could walk
We could walk deep
We could walk deep into the sea and never be
in over our heads.
We do not believe
We do not believe
We do not believe
that drowning is for us.
High tide comes out of the water the same way
for the last billion years.
There is nothing new.
We know when to swim, and when to wait.
We know when to swim, and when to wait.
The waves come in and go back out
For the last billion years
The ocean still emotional
Singing in our ears
Always go in
Always go in low tide, high tide comes
Always go in low tide, high tide comes
High tide comes out of the water the same way for the last billion years.
There is nothing new.
We know when to swim and when to wait.
In the car
In the car the road
In the car the road murmurs beneath the wheels
The ocean, so emotional, in our ears.
We seek without looking
The smallest token, passes and settles
into what music is about, music is about.
You could say
You could say we are dancing
And from this one thing we know 10 things
From this one thing we know 10 things
We always go in low tide
When high tide comes
We always go to the ocean
We always go to the ocean at low tide.
We see without looking at the music the water makes
We know when to swim and we know when to wait
We always go in low tide, high tide comes
Always go at low tide, high tide comes
We do not believe
We do not believe
We do not believe
We do not believe
That drowning is for us.
High tide comes out of the water
The same way for the last billion years.
Yes, you could say, you could say we are dancing
And from this one thing, we know 10 things.
We always go in low tide
High tide comes.
Reflective writing prompt: We do not believe…..