endless as the ocean

it's a hidden ocean,

seaweed tapping at my calves,

half submerged with a perfect view of the horizon.

you're here too,

brushing a finger across my thumb.

my eyes like lemon water: seeing for the first time.

maybe we were made for this.

i'm a little blinded by the sun

you kiss my neck

whirlpools under our feet and stars spinning overhead.

the music of the water and the sound of our breathing.

i caught a copper penny, flying by on the current.

identical on both sides but lucky all the same;

i'd like to believe in it.

i wedged it in the space between my lungs and my heart,

the same place i've been keeping you.

and the ocean laps at the backs of my knees.

the stars drop one by one into the water, turning to fish.

and the whole world knows that we are

nothing and everything

but i'm not sure we understand that ourselves,

when we're too busy digging our fingers into each others sides,

tumbling through the ocean like loose starfish,

sparkling just under the surface.

it's all completely new.

unreal, but as endless as the ocean.