The ocean has many facades.

It's beatiful and disastrous, it's dangerous and serene.

And I could not mirror it more perfectly.

I'm the peace-maker, keeping the facade of niceties and friendship. I'm a side-character, off to the side, never seen or heard from. I'm a whisper, silent and far away, soft and easlily broken. I'm a shadow, a refection of everyone else, often forgotten and easily flickering between fully present and barely seen.

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But you do not want to anger me.

Tsunamis are not a force you can take on, alone or as a group. And I'm even more dangerous.

I'm as dangerous as the deep sea, brave me without preparation and perish. Even if you are prepared, if you dive with an oxygen tank, eventually you will run out of oxygen. But I will not waver. I will not perish. I will be steadfast and I will come out on top.

But if you look deeper, you will find serenity within my waters.

And you will see all that I am.

I just hope you're not scarred.