A simple life poem in the Consent Cycle series of Wisdom Poems

Part 1: The Ocean’s Consent

May the vastness I am 
make space for the vessel you are.

May I hold you without dissolving your shape, 
receive your weight, honor your heading.

May my depths deepen your journey,
your course more true for riding my currents.

Part 2: The Boat’s Consent

May I trust the wisdom that holds me,
aligning my course with your currents.

May I consent to be carried as I steer, 
finding direction in your flow.

May I rise on the swell you offer, 
my will and your movement joined.

Part 3: Equilibrium

Where boat meets ocean, 
where direction rides presence …

the course that is set, 
the currents that carry,
boat still boat, ocean still ocean— 
moving together.

In the consent of opposites, 
the whole becomes visible.

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