Strong Swimmer - Mutual Benefit

You were such

A strong swimmer

And you taught me how

To never fear those tall waves

And you stayed

In those deep waters

Always inviting

To a bed on the bottom

And that current took you away

And it made you pay and pay

When I saw you I didn’t know your name

It was such

A long winter

When the ice had thawed

There wasn’t much that survived it

It takes more

Than a strong swimmer

To stay above water

With a body divided

And that current took you away

And it made you pay and pay

When I saw you

I didn’t know your name

When I see you

They’ll give us different names

I clear my mind of joy and sorrow

River doesn’t know tomorrow

Rolls along with such simplicity

You told me you had stashed away

A note that would explain the way

You felt if we would ever find you gone

The river only knows to carry on

The river only knows to carry on