Ocean Creates

©8-5-2020, Olan L. Smith

Roar through me, complete me, and devour my heart!

Make my life the wholeness of a living entity,

And spread me across the seas of protection.

Upon the cradle of the ocean is my pedigree; procedures

Of clay swirling, mixing with the algae, it is a chemistry,

The essence of beginnings and endings―in this interaction

I arrive at the end and the beginning of the deposits

Of life. The gunk of you creates in me a response,

A nudge, a combination here, and there I stand

Upon the shore and see the reflection of me in you.

Flow my blood, beat my heart, and breathe my lungs!

Tell me my story over-and-over until I comprehend.