Perhaps Words

Perhaps

It was an anchor

For my sanity

A way

To keep me safe

From the demons

That lay dormant

Perhaps

The end

Opened the doors

Let the waters

Flood

My peace

And me

I was but

Bones

At the bottom

Of an ocean

Soaking

So long in salt

I never could wash clean

I always was

Something bitter

In their mouths

My name

Drying out their

Tongues

My smile

Broken

And lost

Like ships

My eyes

Shining in a way

That blocked their view

Of a better life

Perhaps

Its only now

That it all makes sense

Since the end

Has me washed

Ashore

Naked

In my truth

Of who

I am

And always was

Perhaps I am

The after

Of their

Enough