let me barely know you

let me know only your surface
and your hard words.
let me know your bones
and the skin of your hands.


i see what you see
in the ocean.
i know of your parent's home,
how they made you.
layer, after layer, after layer, of good.


let me barely know you -
i feel you're just too large for me.
you're bigger than my ocean
you're a blue i can't name.
i feel like i miss you,
and i see you every day