The Ocean Inside.

There is an ocean in me
It has waves
But it's deeper than any sea
And it has calm...

Tides come in
And tides go out
Taking with them
My fears and my doubts
And leaving me

Anchored.

Here I am sure of the shore
That lies calmly beside the sea I'll never see
This ocean within me
I can feel it
But will never fear it
For it has a story to tell
And the world wants to hear it
And I, merely my own sea's shell
Have been washed up
And for now, the world has its ear to it
But it's up to me to make the sounds
Loud enough to let the world hear it

But this shell is just one of many
Carrying stories of the sea
-The one within you, within me
One we'll never see
But we all know it's there
We can feel it
As it rolls and it swells
While we lie on life's sand
Each whistling our own versions
Of the tales it tells...