Tsunami

Your ocean knows only tsunamis:

first the calm,
then the destruction,

leaving chaos in its wake.

Though you insist this time it’s different,

I’ve seen this exposed bare mud before;

a brief interlude of calm,

followed by the wave that would drown me.

And so my heart seeks higher ground,

longing all the while

for a peaceful tide
that would lap at my toes

and gently give lie to the debris

of all those shipwrecks.

But your ocean knows only tsunamis.

This is a Three Word Wednesday post.