Ocean Swells

Currents flow between us
Carrying more than words ever could
We speak with hands and mouths,
With eyes and gentle lips,
With arms and legs and fingers,
With knees and toes and hips.
There's peace upon this subtle swell
As we stare past the horizon
And deep into each other's world
As it dawns upon us.
So we find ourselves,
Drifting on an ocean wind
And trailing our searching hands
Into the waves behind
And we hold our hearts to each other
Offered 'pon gilded platter,
Our fears put on view
Our vulnerabilities unlocked -
I trust you,
I love you,
I hope you will not hurt me -
And then, we lean apart
As each needs their time
To tend to such as ours
And what is ours alone
But then, we take a breath
And realize at once,
Apart we never were,
We drift together again.