I am dipping into
solitude
for the first time
in days;
like drinking water,
required at regular
intervals, lest
I dry up
and lose
love’s way.

A sea of needs
and only one me;
I return to the Sea
for She’s greater
than me.

Her waves hold
a message
of peace, real, and blue-
you cannot be
another’s air-

You have to breathe
first for you.