Comfort

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Something about the ocean

has always been comforting

to me

maybe it is the way that the waves crashing against the shore

tossing and churning violently

as it laps gently at the sand

remind me of the thoughts always running amuck in my mind

or the way that it can be both beautiful and deadly

a tornado one minute

and a soft caress the next

how the current can change

at a moments notice

or the way that even the calm

screams a thousand warnings

before the storm

maybe

just maybe

the ocean is therapeutic

because it reminds me

of all of the most chaotic

ruined

broken

raw

beautiful

and mending

parts of me

in a way that speaks humbly

of hope

that these jagged pieces

can learn to live

in some sort of tempestuous

equilibrium

if not always

in peace

m.p.

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