the ocean's daughter

soulmates

i waited on you for 20 years

i knew you would return

they stripped me of house and home

and raped my hospitality

and yet you came home to me

and i love you still

i meet you on a sinking ship

and we connected despite our

barrier

you whisper and tell me im yours

as you sink to the bottom of the sea

we're dancing in the green light

your arm pressed gently into mine

and my head on your shoulder

inside is music and loud voices

and out here is the ocean

and the crickets

but i feel loved

you're throwing rocks at my window

you lift a boom box and the serenade plays

i cave and let you in

you tell me im beautiful

we met in the city

and you saved me so many times

and failed just once

but i've forgiven you

so you can save the rest of the world

i was blonde

redheaded

brunette

im young and scared

or confident and feminine

and you have green eyes

or were they brown?

anyways

we are slow dancing in an empty crypt

awaiting the new journey

and you hold me as if you've known me

from infinite lifetimes

and i believe you

i saw you too,

every time