shallow

how else could i hold you,
other than like sea?
you are liquid.
i am resigned to being,
unable to hold all of you,
most of you,
any significant amount of you,
in an embrace,
i am resigned to being,
unable to comprehend,
all the depth of you,
all the silent dark mysteries
underneath your shimmer,

you may think of me,
as your wave.
often in need,
to crash out of you.
i need to surface,
i need,
a gasp of air,
a gasp of shore.
but in a moment,
rolling back to you,
unable to be,
without all your complexities

call me tethered.
call me chained, locked,
name me imprisoned, captive.
if i confuse us with the many things
i am to you,
ask me, love, to fold that,
all in a word,
elucidated,
and you will find no great depths,
no curious mysteries to unravel,
when you simply call me,
yours.


2018.mar.13