Poem: Take me in

By Batool Bader

Oh ocean,

take me in

and drown me deep.

Let’s leave behind 

what had me weep.

–

Let me forget the past I’ve lived.

Release my soul

from the memories,

and wash away all the pain,

all the grief and misery.

–

And whisper to me in the night,

tales of hope

and the promised sun.

Tales that make me believe 

that the best is yet to come.