Sonnet to the Sea

Like fish upstream, the ocean calls me home

As if this life ashore has been in dreams.

It seems I’m always pulled to slip, to roam;

With you gone, nothing’s here to mend those seams.

They’re tearing, daring to crack through my shell

And give my flighty soul to open air.

The ocean calls, begs me to run like hell,

Its promise sweeter now I know you’re there.

So let waves take me away, somewhere new,

For what life can I have without you here?

Maybe the tide will drift me right to you,

Or else like sea foam will I disappear?

You call me like the ocean in a storm,

Drag me down as I pray you keep me warm.