Brooke Westgate Wind // Sea

WIND / / SEA by Brooke Westgate

Maybe I’m the wind, And maybe you’re the sea.

Maybe, If I try hard enough, I can find myself at the very edge Of your being.

Maybe, if I somehow find the courage Within the pit of my bluster-stricken stomach, You’ll allow me to accompany the waves

That constantly grow from within you.

Maybe, Do you think, When pieces of you curl from newfound height,

It’s as close as we will ever feel to one another?

Maybe, The two of us can never inhabit the same space, Only touch on the border of you, And of I.

Maybe, We could never collide in the way That my soul yearns to. But maybe,

Just maybe, The frivolous meeting of my cold air, To your ever-disappearing waves, is enough To never make us want to catch our breaths again.

So, maybe you’re the sea, And maybe I’m the wind.

And maybe that’s okay.

Brooke is a second-year student and will be graduating in 2021 with bachelors in Psychology and English Lit. She grew up in Grand Ledge, Michigan and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She spends most of her days either working or doing homework with her fur child, Fallon. She’s very excited and grateful to be a part of another Central Review release!