Home to Sea

My bed floats on a sea of dark cerulean

And darker still the sky

Littered with lights.

I cling to my quilt and look over

Around me fins break the surface,

Glittering in the moonlight.

A hand is offered and I slip into the sea

At the end of a breath I inhale. Again.

I belong to what belongs to me.

The creature holds fast to me, and I to her.

A cave of warm gold light appears

And I’m inside of a song.

Welcome, we’ve been waiting

A tranquil voice with green hair

Arrayed in glitter and kelp

Dances on waves with me.

Fins and hands,

Scales and nightgowns,

The ocean is home and

The sea is us.