O, I Sea

In my core, the waves churn

they pitch and swell with the strength of a stormy ocean.

I feel longing from a part of myself

as deep and unknown as a trench,

a pull as strong as any riptide,

an expansiveness as vast as the open sea

 

But oh, wait- I'm in public

I bind these feelings

Wrap them in layers around myself forming a wall

2 feet thick

my eyes are as dry as the Dunes

but the waves pound against it