atlantis.

from nothing we build cities, bred civilisations and formed new technology
on an island we called our own, an island we knew as atlantis.
many names it went by, like love, forever and you
but the people as well as the names, sank to the bottom of the sea.
you left the island after enduring so much but you feared the oncoming floods.
you held so strong to this because you felt you never had a way out
but you gave chase after what you believed was the sun
and became lost at sea, now you sit upon the rocks -
pulling in the unknowing.

as for me, i stayed on the island. i watched it sink and lose all life.
my eyes are broken from the salt and my lungs drowning beneath waves.
i'm not faultless, i was stubborn and smothering
but i only even did what i was asked.
when we started this nation, i was cold and as were you.
you became warm so much quicker than i and you pleaded for me to be the same.
so i did, i listened to your words. they were planted in my mind,
we took the seeds from this to grow our forests and it bloomed beyond our thoughts.

i drove you away from the land and you were scared of both.
now i'm scared too and i still don't understand
i wish i could hate you.
but i miss you, i need you.