Coming from Long Island, I have deeply ingrained love of the sea, its rhythms and music seem to constantly rise and fall in my soul, and the pull of the moon on the ocean, forming the tides, seems like an underlying force in my spirit. This poem speaks of the subconscious, the desires and fears lurking in it, the distances in life, between lovers, and the earth shaking magnetic pull of these forces in life. The ocean stands as a metaphor for these forces, and the rhythm of waves underpins the rhythm of the language here. I think the sea is a big part of our subconscious, probably having to do with the dimly remembered breathing of our mothers when we were in the womb, which the rising and falling sound of the waves on the shore, in their rhythmic constancy, seems to emulate. It has a calming effect on us, and we can't get enough of it. estory

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