Her Ocean

She has one sock rolled up
And one sock down
The sock rolled up
Is brown
Like her glassy eyes
That view the world
With an ocean between
Reality and her soul
Her dress is green
Shiny and olive with silver buttons
The top is unbuttoned
The rest are not
The top is unbuttoned because
She forgot
To hide the scars around her heart
She swore to stand tall
In her red high heels
Where she painted designs
Of seals
Because she wanted to swim
In the ocean between reality and her soul
She jumps in
Her dress dances in the light
Gleams green until it fades
Like her life
On the ocean floor