© 2002, Wanda L. Harrell 

Powerful and awesome in my being

I am the Ocean

And with the winds above

My disposition can change

But I am forever constant in my solitary determination

To share the depths of my very soul with my beloved Shore.

Rushing in billowy waves from my deepest black depths

Or, with surf subdued, in tide pools or calm azure shallows

My tides continually, without fail,

Throughout each bright day and dark night

Reach to unite with my eternal companion, my beloved Shore.

From the very beginning

From the first blink of my existence

I have not rested in my determination or purpose

So, on seabreezes under sun or moon

I constantly surge toward my cherished Shore

Continually whispering my lover's secrets

And with solemn promises of neverending devotion

I give all that I am, sharing all my power

With my adored one, my beloved Shore.