Courtship

Courtship

we play the same games
all over again,
casting our nets wide,
wishing for a tiny catch
to gladden our hearts,
our minds;
we use the same baits
all over again,
hoping they'd draw in
hungry mouths like ours,
testing them,
as they're tamed;
little do we remember,
that all it takes,
is a little loving
of our own selves,
to wait on the deck
with an earnest dream,
and look to the ocean,
that always brings
the world's waters
to the wild beating
of our chests.