la mer

i am the sea
with mountains inside me.
i can't narrate stories
and all that i have seen
but i listen for hours
to all that they bring.
i am not new to this world
i am not strange
i will not die soon
and i do not live.
they come and speak to me
without having to listen to my soliloquy
and i live while i listen
and when they go i seem to die
i exist only when they want me to be
and all those mountains
i hold inside me