ocean child
clear blue skies and the sun parting through the clouds
her voice spoke to me like sun streaming through azure
her voice spoke to me when clouds were whisked away with wind
sea salt breeze ruffling the sea and gulls floating on its pull
her standing by my side sent me floating on the summer breeze
her hands in mine sent me soaring over blue and sandy shores
blue waves, dissolving seafoam and the whirlpools left behind
her laugh hit me like the loud crashing of the waves on the shore
her laugh left me like the pull of the tide, and i waited for it to come back
beds of sand, golden and hot, softly sifting through my fingers
her feelings surrounded me like fine sand that i couldn’t grasp
her emotions were salty and muddy around me like drowning quicksand
rough waves, drowning deep ocean and cyclic storms
her love was a never-ending cyclone of pouring rain and thunder
her love was an ocean i strayed too far from the shore of.
