i found you in the ocean
your eyes treading water
your hair lost gold
swimming out to sea
turning back once
to beckon me onward
i swam until my arms were too tired to move and
when i looked back i could no longer see the shore
you were waiting
and you broke me apart with your words
i nodded
breathless from the wound and exhaustion
my head turning toward the sky
and slipping below the waves
i watched the creatures of the deep glide by
seeing clearer than ever before
you put me together with your lips
and met me at the ocean floor