Ocean of Ink

A love poem

I would swim the ocean to gaze into the sky 

Of stars that shine forever in the twinkling of her eye.

I would drown indeed but this death I do not fear,

For every hour that I live is folly without her near.

And in the sea so restless I lay within the midst,

The paper seagulls call me, the rocky cliffs demand a kiss...

I would dive the depths of the Mariana Ocean Trench

To drink deeply of her love and my brackish palate quench.

I would lay me down in the depths there below

and let the opaque ocean waters seize me, if she wished it so.

And in the sea so restless, I lay within the midst.

The paper seagulls call me, the rocky cliffs demand a kiss...

I would cast me over the very precipices' edge

Of the highest ocean cliff; the rockiest of ledge.

I would pierce my heart on the apical rocks below,

And in my dying moments my love for her she'd know.

And in the sea so restless, I lay within the midst.

The paper seagulls call me, the rocky cliffs demand a kiss...

Author's Note

My first outright love poem without ulterior motives. It may be because it's summer, but I'm feeling sentimental.

Reviews

[Morrigan Nicole]

I love the two repeating lines in this one, it creates imphasism on the love being expressed here.