Ocean breathing

Here within the ocean breathing

I summon a sense

Of life

Sometimes teetering on a shelf

That seems so high above it all

I long to fall into

A life of self forgetting

Knowing now what gay abandon

And sense of surrender

Comes with this

At times I wish just to be

A leaf floating gently

On the breeze

Coming to rest on the surface

Of calm seas

Carried towards the shore

That God decided was best for me

What a way to live

To allow this

And yet then what of self direction

Scurrying around so often

The truth gets lost

Or overlooked

But now as I turn my gaze inward

I see a heart that longs for connection

And finds it best

When trust of life

Is just given for free

As the hidden bonus

Of surrender

To the breathing in and out

Of the ocean’s gift