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Temptation in the Waves

Bleak waters wink from below

Reminding me how little I know

Of how deep I have to fall

I'm looking for lightening

And realizing I don't mind

The absence of a gentle sun

My bow dives but the stern holds

Even in the ocean spray I feel

Feel my own salty fear

I promise I'm not sinking yet

I'm only flirting with a sense of falling

Even as tempest-torn seas threaten

Waves strong enough to tempt me

To stop fighting back

And let me be overcome

By a mystery so beautifully beyond me

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liz-anne
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Published
Jan 6, 2014
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