I AM THE OCEAN

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“I am the Ocean”

by Nikki Giovanni
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I am the ocean … it is not the moon that calls me to the shore …
it is I who awaken the moon … and call him down … and rest in his
light … that I may dream

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I am the sand … I hold the ocean in my arms … I gently rock this
planet … smoothing the rough places … leveling the high …
raising the lowly … always … singing a love song

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I am glass … you can see though me … I’m easily hurt … any
little pebble can cause a scratch though it takes a diamond to cut …
I can stand against the storm … laugh at lightning … let the rain
sheet down … Why don’t you stay here with me … safe and warm

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I am more than your past

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I am not cotton … to be picked and picked and picked until some
crazy boll weevil destroys me … I am not peanuts grown underground
… harvested raw … made into many things … nor am I taffy … to
be pulled and pulled and pulled … made acceptable by artificial
sweetener

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I am my own me

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If you stand in back … stopping the light … I become a mirror …
I reflect who you wish you were … and think you ought to be … I
show you who you are not

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If you open me I become a window … I bring a fresh breeze … to
caress you … to calm the fears

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I am a cloud … I float above all else … I bring shade from the sun
… I cool your coffee … I make shapes to form your stories

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I am your future

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When the waters embrace me … when the moon glows down … you
clearly see me shining … I Am A Jewel … I shine

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I am

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Priceless … Incomparable … Undeniable … Wonderful

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Me

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Forever and Always Dreaming

Of you

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from “BICYCLES – LOVE POEMS”
by Nikki Giovanni