I, Ocean

This is the first poem in my book “Turn Your Back on the Shore.”    

I am like the ocean

I know the feel of storms
and the tension of calm
uncontrolled waves rolling
from my deepest waters
to my most distant shores

I have lazy beaches
dangerous broken shoals
secret pleasure islands
and submerged reefs of pain

I know there is debris
decaying in slow swirls
unwanted and unknown
floating upon my tides

I feel there is treasure
in the cold of my depths
I’ll never discover

I am like the ocean
I wear down the hard stuff
with stupid persistence

Ah, I see you now

You are like the ocean too