She introduced herself to me
in the language of water
her beauty spanning horizons

she tells me stories from distant shores
I sit down and listen
mesmerized

her dance, so fluent like waves
dunes of ever moving water
always in motion

like a tsunami upon arrival
destroying everything in her wake
like humans mirrored in tides

creative
destructive
alive

Ocean Goddess:
I give you blood and desire
passion for a beating heart
embrace the emotions that come with it
though you will curse them

What should I do?

Just flow

Is that all?

It is the only truth I know

gone now
left alone with my loss
longing moves my heart
ghosts she doesn’t understand
driving me into her wide open arms
a thought
maybe only felt
sensed by something else

Chasing the horizon
I can feel a storm coming

he has many faces
one in multitudes
multitudes in one

I am the dragon of the great winds
the eternal devourer
my wings are the sands of time
encompassing the universe

I am the dragon of the deep sea
the eternal creator
my wings are the fathomless waters
below the surface

and as the tempest meets the waves
each a mirror of their own
forever engaged
they battle

the nature of the storm is to rage
the great tearer apart

the nature of the sea is to flow
the eternal source of life

and a soul floats, drifts, dissolves
along the greater currents
towards yonder...

Why all this pain?

Ocean Goddess:
there is a rift in all of us
a space of separation and connection
it’s one and the same thing
just given two names

where would duality end and individuality start
if there were no difference
even in the smallest part?

Will I die?

Ocean Goddess:
Only to be reborn