Words for the Contradictions

Ocean

as strange

and oddly cliche 

as it seems

i think i'm a ocean

an ocean at heart at least

the sea gives me peace

It reminds me of myself 

the way it rages

and storms 

like a child fighting to be free

i see me in the sea 

if you will

ive been told the ocean is

unreadable

mysterious

and that's all well and good

but sit me by the sea

and i can tell you how it feels

It feels chaotic

and free

like a teenager

out on her own for the first time

with the windows rolled down

and wind whipping through her hair 

It feels like music blasting 

and words crashing and 

people colliding

it feels like heaven 

and like hell 

almost human

why do we compare ourselves

to sea storms and oceanic blues

and rushing tidal waves

if the ocean wasn't like us

yes it's depths hide dark things

strange things

but so do i

so the ocean is as human 

as you and me

so beautiful and vast

so dark and twisted 

with whirlpools of emotion

and tsunami's of passsion

we are individual oceans

so much bigger than what lies above

so much deeper and scarier

so much more amazing and chaotic

than we give ourselves credit for