Shimmering Light
I’m flirting with my sky
It’s light so must be true
It’s the ocean that denies
It’s the sky that gets me through
I see the depths that go so high
But why are they so blue?
This question starts to sigh
I ask what it is for you
As the night draws close to me
I pull myself away
I sleep and it comes for me
Why is it here that I must stay?
I awake to this
My sky now looks so grey
I look down and see it
The ocean knows the way
My depths now know their bounds
My mind begins to flow
Within this current I have found
There’s nothing I can’t know
The waves begin to breathe
I am now so near
My soul is now unsheathed
The ocean’s breath is here
It’s here I part from days
Time is insincere
The sky is just a maze
The water is so clear
I see it passing by
Never knowing why
It’s there that you all fly
I’ll see you when you die
Copyright © Ian Petch | Year Posted 2006
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