there will be no waves

there will be no waves

no chaos

no raised arms or voices

there will be no cries for help

nothing 

is happening in broad daylight

three metres away

there will be no sirens

no bright lights

no time to say no or help or why

in fact you have never seen

something so serene

drowning doesn’t look like drowning

and there is nothing

more terrifying than that

apart from the lie:

there will be no waves.