Next of Kin

We walked along the rocks

for nearly an hour

I caught the way you looked

at me in the sunlight

You took something

before you went in the shower

To help suppress the things

that make you feel uptight

If I'd known he couldn't swim

We would never have gone in

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted

and I hoped for

And now I am left sifting

through the reeds

The sun so hot I saw his skin

through his t-shirt

The grass so tall

we knew we wouldn't be found

We climbed into the stream

sure no one would be heard

And in no time at all

there wasn't a sound

If I'd known he couldn't swim

We would never have gone in

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted

and I hoped for

And now I am left sifting

through the reeds

No color to his skin

Inform the next of kin

No color to his skin

I left my love in the river

The only one I see

I left his hand in the current

And now I am left looking

through the trees