The calm ocean

she is a calm ocean
who all vessels know
and therein grow

she was given her
portion of the primal
bath when drier land
was more at hand

she and her sisters
carried inside the ocean
they once knew
onto the drier land

where no ocean
waves crashed upon
green forest floor
or parched sand

within her chamber
she held anew
she carried you

the imminent tide
carried you out of
the ocean your mother
and into first breath

though her tributary
to you was severed
the heart string still
humming was blessed

there isn't a distance
to sever her tie to you
or your memories of
those ocean depths