Like the Ocean

I fell in love like the ocean

And its rebellious current.

I found you the way you find

Creatures living brilliantly beneath the seaweed

By simply dipping my toes.

Love came over us like waves,

Not slow and graceful,

But in a rolling, crashing, tumbling dance

That happened all at once

And covered us completely.

I fell in love like the ocean

That taught me to swim so it felt like flying

And that Atlantis is real if you know where to find it.

And let me tell you, it is more stunning

And precious

Than any historian, philosopher, or dreamer

Could have imagined.

I want to go with you

To the unexplored depths

And make maps of the darkness we were afraid to endure alone.

Your mind is like seaglass.

In fact, I believe you can turn any broken element

To beauty.

I fell in love like the ocean

That reveals hidden treasures

With each ebbing wave.

And when we bent to keep those curious trinkets,

The sea claimed us for it’s own glittering collection.