you are my ocean
I could lay upon your beach
and stare for hours at your serenity
and at the swelling of your waves
as they rise and fall from Heaven's breath
I want to watch your tide
coming in and pulling out
I want to watch it recede
until it uncovers a thousand
tiny mysteries
and then return to send them back
to the darkness of your depths
I want to be submerged by you
slowly entering, deeper with each
caressing wave
allowing it to wash over me
and the shoreline
until finally I am floating within you
surrounded by you
dreamily comfortable in your salty warmth
and then I'll open my eyes
to gaze upon upon the winter sunrise
over Pemaquid point that is yours
as softly blue as where
the sky and sea meet as tentatively
and shyly as virgin newlyweds
but lit with a brilliance
that can only be compared
to God

10/26/2001

Posted on 10/26/2001
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