Oceans Become Men

We throw ourselves into the ocean

Because we are single men with a noble notion

We flood love upon our defiant muses

As impaled swords leave our hearts with bruises

We have orchids weaved together to make our battle armor

It is our faithful duty to be the romantic charmer

We came forth as warrior poets have risen

Our consciousness confines us into our own prison

We lure you with our poetic harmony in our hymns

And die for you in an instant or give up each of our limbs

We are the ancient guardians of chivalry

And surrender to our heart’s honesty

We are brave enough for any wreckage at sea

Our sensuality is matched with our curiosity

We drown with our voices unheard

Our engagement comes on the third

We stand with dignity without regrets

These departures are only empty threats

We ride fire chariots to the sun

And we pocket the suicidal gun

We follow the searching sparrow

To our very own crucifixion by arrow

We are lost as we mourn

Remembering the very reason, we were born

We are the defenders of truth

The unrivaled hunters who go sleuth

We are angels on patrol

And into our mouth we put coal

We are dreamers who confess

And die lonely deaths

We are ocean men

And we are holy men

We flood you with our love till the very last end

When oceans become men

And men become oceans

© 2011 David Greg Harth

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