love viii

(photo courtesy srsrkmr)



"there are oceans..."

there are oceans that
do not reach the shore,
they dwell in deep places.
in murky waters cool and salty
they spin tales among themselves of
sun's light as it streams to them,
but cannot reach.

i know of such oceans,
i have been pulled into their
sweep and swirl pulled down
beyond breath into dark waters
where i fell under the spell of
their music and call and cry and laugh,
fell under their spell and drowned.

oceans of your heart, your breast, your eyes
the slope of your belly down to
the center of the deep dark world.
oceans that will steal your breath
hope and fire without care or
caress.

there are oceans.
i know them.
i die in them.
they are my prayer
answered.