She was the ocean

I admit,
I was afraid
to love.
Not just love,
but to love her.
For she was a stunning
mystery. She carried things
deep inside her that no one
has yet to understand,
and I,
I was afraid to fail,
like the others.

She was the ocean
and I was just a boy
who love the waves
but was completely
terrified to
swim.
-Christopher Poindexter

Photo by me