There’s a distance between us
A drifting apart
I’ve not felt before
Do I stay still?
Do I ride out to you?
I fear we’ll lose sight of each other
I fear anchoring you more

I will come to you
If you call for me
If you reach for me
You will find my hand

I dreamed of us today
You were standing in the ocean
Waving to me
“Hey, I’m over here”?
“Farewell my love”?
I couldn’t tell
It made me want to cry

I lifted my hand
It was wet
And suddenly it was I
Who was in the water
As you looked out to sea

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There is so much in life
We can’t control
The currents of the ocean
Other peoples’ impulses
Let alone our own sometimes

I love you
I love loving you
Together navigating an ocean
Infinitely more majestic
Than the one
That sometimes separates us

And I will come to you
If you call for me
When you reach for me
You will find my hand