Ode to My Ocean Wave

"Washed" by Neha

My ocean wave,

Washing over these sand castles we make

Hand in hand

Round and round

As people walk along

As sounds touch our souls

We pick a stranger's tune

My ocean wave,

On a hot summer day

I'd take a dip in you

and you would sooth the sun like a full moon

I'd see a million corals inside,

reflecting like a rainbow made of water bubbles,

a bit salty but welcome

My ocean wave,

I'd just float above you

and you would make heaviness feel like a feather

Making me feel like a puff of air -

floating there

looking at the night sky

My ocean wave,

These waters are calm

You carrying the mermaids

and treasures and the sunken ships-

All this cargo - all in your heart

My ocean wave,

my night and day

my sun and moon

my space travel and handful of earth

My ocean wave,

Your depth is not known

but like a scuba diver,

I jumped right in

And you held my hand

to show me this world below the brine -

the electric fish, the flying horses

My ocean wave,

Wash over me

My ocean wave,

You are my turquoise

You are my horizon, kissing

heaven and earth all at once

You are my dusk red

You are my silhouette

Like feet dipping in your cool water

on a hot summer day

Wash over me

My ocean wave,

breathe in and out

your high tide and low tide

My ocean wave,

Wash over me.

-Neha