The Flood

I remember the day it came
Washed everything in a humbling blue
Highways and ferries the same
Drowned in the flood like the prayers we knew
I lost all track of my time
And some other current much faster than mine
It took down the trees by the river
Like advice that would never be given
I laid back down with my eyes closed
I let all my air out of my nose
I let all my dirt melt to glorious mud
Smiled for a while six feet under the flood
I couldn’t find my boots
The water was knee high
So I lay in my bed
Stared out my window at the dry sky
I woke up underneath
All that was humbled in blue
And realized I was more
More comfortable than my mother’s still
I laid back down with my eyes closed
I let all the air out of my nose
I let all my dirt melt to glorious mud
Smiled for a while six feet under the flood