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All That's Left

Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew

The dark and cold green vastness 
Carried forward my waterloo 
Upon the rocks it did press
Against what I once knew

Then the gray shadowed the land 
Coloring my final thought of you 
And as the waves broke across the sand
You stood as I once knew

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/24/2021 12:50:00 AM

This is a die-and-go-to-heaven ending, they are rare now, but so needed so thank you!

Jerry Hackett
Date: 10/24/2021 3:23:00 AM

Thank you very much. This poem drew little attention but as an old man with memories I took to it.