A Tale of Suffering At Sea

Lost in the ocean with you by my side For our survival we solely relied On each other's wills and in you I confide Until one stormy night you were swept with the tide I cried as the thunder crashed up in the clouds Floating alone, I swore to make you proud Instinctual survival with which I'm endowed Though hurt to the core for I thought you had drowned I drifted and floated, I saw planes and ships I yelled and I waved, this surely was it I thought they would save me but none of them did Left to drift on for what felt like years I slept on some driftwood, awaking unharmed To my amazement the water was calm The sun, it shone down and it raised the alarm For on the horizon a beach littered with palms As I drew closer, malnourished and dazed Flashback to the moment you were lost to the waves I heard cries from the island but I was unfazed Because you were lost, I cared not to be saved A man swam out to fetch me, he pulled me to shore His friends clothed me and fed me in a hut with no door I glanced to the corner, don't believe what I saw An old television with a face I'd seen before I ran to the beach, I screamed to the sky Ecstatic, euphoric, I welled up inside The torment I'd been through was left far behind For I knew in that moment that you were alive!