I know you love deeply, painfully. I saw how you cried while staring at them, as they kept their eyes on the shore. For a siren cannot walk the ground without dragging love back into the sea. Maybe that was why I started loving the water too. It was cold. frightening. Like you. But baby, you did not need to pull me under. I would have jumped on my own. You did not need to hold me by the neck to keep me there. I would have stayed with you, keeping you warm as we drifted deeper and deeper through the freezing water. We did not need to paint the water red to have my warmth keep you from freezing. I would have held you. I know you love. I know you love me. But you did not need to pull my heart out just to hear it call your na— .