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a turn in the current
memory, you, swirled and swallowed
by the eddies of moments passing
once, I was the reef you broke yourself upon
hopes and loves and passions
washed ashore to settle in the sands of "mine"
your intents gifted to birth my purpose
sculpted like castles from our soft particulate ideas
crumbled by your indecision and need
into a smooth wash of reality
tepid grains of sadness that I dug my toes into
wriggling, deep, the melancholy warmth
the coverlet of loss I wrapped around my bones
and gave my meanderings to, pure
simple, dark, comfortable
you never looked back, not once
I ... am still looking.
I see you ... again, eons later
lives and worlds and universes later
suffering, in the midst of pain that won't relinquish
a husband and happy family, children
home, career, and all you'd wished for ... then, (with me)
and none of it can ease your torment.
despite all the storms that battered our union
in deference to all the torn edges and hearts rent
in the face of the ragged surf that once drown us both
and pulled us into the briny abyss ...
despite it ALL ...
I will ALWAYS be here
the distant shores you crashed yourself against
now, the soft, warm beach you can always drift to
the castles, ruined, that now offer rest and unquestioned peace
the smooth sea sand that waits without judgement
to lay your cares upon ...
to cry, release, heal, attend, dream ...
or simply ... breathe.
~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Distant Shores" Poetry Contest, Robert Haigh, Sponsor.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Together We Are Strong" Poetry Contest, Silent One, Sponsor.
~ Honorable Mention ~ in the "Strand Pick 10, Any Theme, Any Form" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2018
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