OCEANS

If I could wrap up the oceans 

and enfold you in their tears

would their salty drops

encourage you to cry?

Would the rising swell of waves

crash awake your beating heart

allowing you to float up

on your feelings

bursting through the surface 

of your silent grief?

Do not fear drowning

standing in the waters edge

fear only the pretending its not there

open your arms, your eyes, your heart 

draw in your breath 

chest-full with sea salt air

let the salt spray stick to your hair

and burn against your cheeks

let it trickle down your face 

and drop into the sand

Inhale the ocean air 

deep then deeper still

exhale the emptiness 

let it all expel

breathe out the spent air 

the lost time, the loss

Inhale the salty air of life 

pricking you awake

calling you to feel

all that must be felt

to feel 

alive

again