I exist as the raging waves that clash on seawalls
As I wash through people I have loved
And in my waves, I keep parts of them with me
My salt from their tears, bubbles from their laughter
Tides I’ve carried from different seas
— I’ve drowned.
I am the sun with its piercing rays
As it peeks through my window
Though I’ve never seen her eyes,
I know she watches my fingers dance around my hair
She crawls—etches her existence into my skin
— It burns.
I am several storms waiting to brew
I carry thunders in my veins
Praying that I may show the world my intensity
I carve my name into the earth
Immortalizing the existence of my soul
As I make flowers bloom; trees shed
From the cadence of my name
— I’ve destroyed.
The universe exists in me, and I exist as part of it.
I hold in me its secrets, its harshness, its serenity
My body harbors love from a thousand shores and distant lands.
Burdened by its heaviness,
I hold too much to keep in one heart
My love drowns, burns, destroys.
But with it, I have cradled, warmed, and strengthened
I wish to touch every soul
With the waves in my hair
The sun in my palms
The thunder in my voice
To let my existence,
My love, be known.