I am an ocean

I am an ocean

And sometimes things are calm inside

Other times storms blow up

And my watery places are moving

Beset by all kinds of surges and rhythms

Do you think you can fix an ocean swell in place

Or tell an ocean to stand still?

Don’t try to define me

Like water I will slip away

Pouring through your fingers

Refusing to be held

I was born to dance to my own rhythm

And be pulled upon by a moon

That is forever seems to change form

But is

Never the less

Constant

Gravitational pull

Rising from deep within

Can you feel me

Can you ride the swell

Of unpredictability

Of uncertainty

Will you trust my terrifying depths

I am ocean

Respect me

Surrender to me

But never seek to define me