Miller's poetry shows how the outward surroundings of nature relate to every man's quest for meaning; our interiority is under continual renewal and renegotiation. The sea's patterns are the heart's patterns. Additionally, many poems from this volume are love poems. Miller depicts love as a layered and multi-faceted entity. Love is both a kind of energy and a source of peace. Love intersects where expectation hits reality, between perception and realization. Lastly, this volume is a meditation on the human ability, and inability, to communicate. Genuine love is only possible through communication; genuine communication is only possible through love.