journeying

you fight

journeying

i listen

journeying

we struggle

you tell

i retell

retelling

i slip

retelling

you hold

retelling

we rise

devilish

dances

of lies

suffocating

truths

we dance

sometimes

out of breath

others

out of step

we slip

we rise

we breathe

we play

the

underground

anemic bellies you

overfed

dance

still

rising the waves

all the way

aboveground

you rise.