An Invitation to Drown - Rykarda Parasol

Cry, cry!

Cry, cry!

Seventeen ships sleep in the still night’s water

Seventeen stars to guide them should they wake

Seventeen past the hour all things altered

Too soon the wind casts its fate

Red was the color of her coat

A long time ago during a storm

Red is the color of new lover’s kiss

Red be the color ravaged and worn

Who cries?

Who cries?

To you: Take your time

To you: Ain’t nothing but time

To you: Time is a long way down

Red embers burn in each vessel

And drift over sapphire depths

Upon the shore cat lay nestled

And cannot assume a watery breath

Who cries?

Who cries?

Who cries?

To you: Take your time

To you: Ain’t nothing but time

To you: Time is a long way down

Some of us glide unsteady oceans

Some others through the safety of land

Red colors stoke our devotion

Seventeen ruins break on the sand

Who cries?

Who cries?

Who cries?