here we are
submerged
in this deep
emergent sea
such deep
resurgent emotion
roiling
with the surging tide
in this deep ocean
where convergent love
steals our breath away
what can our hearts say
cry out
for a breath
of love
and oxygen
reach out
compassionately
if every passionate river
irrationally
ran bone dry
if every sacred spring
refused to flow
what would love know
what could love do
to save us
from drowning
to keep us
from sinking
to the bottom
of the deep sea
deeper and deeper
into the dark abyss
where love
could never find us
where our hearts
would certainly be crushed
every vast ocean
where we find ourselves
alone and floating
treading water helplessly
where we must always choose
to leave or stay
and all that deep emotion
rising from deep within us
those frigid ocean currents
drowning love
stealing our hearts
and breath away

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