As an Ocean

You are a beam of light where sun and water meet.

A wave, not crashing, but enveloping me,

And leaving in your wake ripples of beauty

Telling of the crest received.

If I could drink you in, I'd drown;

A cup trying to hold the sea.

Salty breeze on tongue, gentle kiss on cheek

So you are an ocean to me.

I know your lines,

Have waded your shallows,

Swam in your depths.

So familiar, yet still a voyage for me,

And I dive again that I may surround myself with you.

When moon rises, still that beam of light and water,

Yet softer,

A glimpse of your heart.

For you have known love in loss.

The chasm of the deep is in your waters,

Yet light pierces its dark.

So, beam you are to me, above the surface,

As I sit on your shores,

And there, shall remain,

Forever.