Waves crash and break

Mouth peaking just above the surface

The sea is black like the night

Land is nowhere in sight

There’s no raft, no life boat

Only masks

Each of them a different face

The millions I’ve dreamed up

The many I’ve replaced

Each slapping into the side of my body as I try to swim

Yet there is no swimming

It’s to far out

The masks are all I have left

Each of them speaking a few words

Trying to make sense of what we’ve found ourselves in

There’s no saving me or the masks

Cuz neither of us can swim