From Hearts Like Tantalus
You are the fruit, who's taste I desire
That before I may bite, cruel winds carry higher
Those vast, quenching waters just under my lip
That the tide tears away as I try to sip
I long to just jump
I long to just dive
But I float on forever,
Never to die
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