quiet as dusk on the ocean
through the straights of your eyes
you have drawn my heart into unchartered waters
where i have lingered becalmed
in the azure light
drifted through the goden corrals
till the wind of your heart
has ripened my sails
and i have slipped silently into your harbour

i was not looking for landfall
as i swept the ocean with my fingers trailing in the waves
but as the changing wind whispered across the water
i knew that i was called to anchor
but in the fathomless depths of your harbour
i have found no holdfast
to keep me here
only welcome

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