all of the boats from all of the worlds are arriving

i hear this tap tap tapping

but i know i will not drown

this sea from the sky will let me float

let me float

let me float

oh please, please, let me float.

these wooden planks above me

this overgrown jungle reaching for my skin

trying to take me back

this tap tap tapping

this sea from the sky

this rain sound. this hammering.

this "let me in, let me in please! please!"

i want to open the door

i want this water to rush over me.

take me away. take me! take me!

the boats with their lights in waiting

they know i will not resist

my desire is too strong.

"open the door, open & float, open & float."

this unknown

this bleak darkness dotted with starlit boat masts.

flags in the wind

hair swept back. preparing. preparing.

"open & float, open & float."

unlocking the door

watching the water flow through this splintered wood.

overgrown tropics

rush. rush. rush.

i'm holding back

pushing against this wave. this overwhelming. this saviour.

my arms ache & give way to this new landscape that picks me

up. legs lifted

& i float, drift from the doorway and out into this

sinking jungle.

my body undulates on top of this sea. above, sun rises.

calm. float. let go. eyes closed. soul calm.

warmth on this skin that feared so of the sound of

water.

that tap tap tapping

that patter on this sea that carries me.

i float. i float. float. float.

hold me. hold me. hold me.

tap tap tap...

- parcel - wherein she realizes she is beautiful, and is capable of beautiful things

(myself & fraser)

listen to the track here: open envelope collection