Fantastic Ocean

The sea has calls upon my soul, upon my heart, upon my will,

And if I drowned, I think I’d still rejoice the sea swallowed me whole,

For in my sight and in my dreams, the sea’s awash with magic grace

Not known by any other place than in its bottomless extremes,

And fantasy entwines with things that make imagination soar

Like birds and butterflies and more wild creatures than are real, whose wings

Embrace the spirit of the sweep of wave and current, saline skies–

Loveliness dazzling my eyes with all the treasures of the deep.