riding free
the sea beside
was crashing on the shore
somewhere below
to my surprise
from the waves
i saw it there
it lay gasping in the brine
i moved close by
and in its eyes
i saw myself
and started to cry
in my arms
we did glide
out toward the deep
but i slipped beneath the tide
it was
you i did feel
wrapped around me
i had no need to breathe
we moved as one
beneath the waves
and it was love
that we played
bhagiti 6.4.07 perrysburg, oh