The Ocean

Had ocean been my confidant 
I'd have given it 
All of my truths for safekeeping 

Tales i would have written 
Of seashells picking girls on beaches 
Whose golden bodies were 
Like isles of dreamland 
But whose fates were 
Like lines drawn in sand. 

Had ocean been my confidant 
I'd have given it 
All my loneliness 
I'd have walked with the wind 
Clasping its finger in my fist 
On distant paths 
From whence no one comes back! 

Had ocean been my confidant 
I'd have given it all my depths 
Stepping into its limitless 
Blue bosom 
I'd have made earth into my bark 
Sky into my sails 
I'd have made the woeful moment 
Of separation 
A connecting link between you and me. 

Had ocean been my confidant!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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