I wish I could hold you

near and dear

like an ocean to it’s passengers

I don’t know where it is you want to go

but if you read me deeply

and understand my currents

I can take you there

I’ve had many stride across my changing surface

Many who make it to their destination

and wonder why their new journey doesn’t involve me anymore

I don’t know either

But I do know I enjoyed the way their bows floated across my tide

Seven ships in thirty days

Each just as unique as the last

I’m grateful for their time

But, they made me long for the feeling you once gave me

(It’s interesting to say that you gave me a feeling

when I had it myself

Maybe it’s because it rises like a gift)

It should be known that you don’t need to be a ship to cross an ocean

You don’t need an end to be with the sea

Be the leaf who accidentally falls in

Who is thrown and wades through relentless crashings and poignant stillness

Stoic and maleable

Intact and unfazed

This want I have

to be like you

makes me realize how beautiful I am inside

I hope I can make you feel the same

Even if it is

for just one wave

I wonder if you actually appreciated it