ocean

because i have this mad desire to see
the lay of the land as a whole i will
always swim farther than anyone expects
and having swam so far from shore
there is nothing i can do now but float

this is what an ocean will teach you
in the end
how to float only...

minutes become hours/ then days
and weeks/ months/ years/ a
litany of furtive longing

giving oneself up to the seduction
of water equates to an act of love

an act of love equates to life