Point of No Return
It was a cold, rainy September day
Dark clouds rolled above Redemption Bay
And the mist hovered over the old ragged dock
As a young man emerged from behind tall rocks
Each step he took delivered excruciating pain
Leaving him breathless, shivering in pouring rain
Sleep came creeping slowly, scaling his wounded leg
Enticing, urging him, sit for a while instead
With weighted, blurried eyes, he scanned the lonely shore
Gazing at the wound; pulsing, touched it and let out a roar!
Barely standing, leaning against the boulders, nauseous and weak
As intoxicating sleep sought to engulf him, warm and deep
Eyes wide, filled with fright, searching all directions
Frantic, he re-played in his mind the vast destruction
Seeing how the culmination of this day began at fifteen
And remembered the vow made upon surveying the scene
Angry, he had been, running all of his life!
From pain and the call to live free from strife
Helpless, he sat watching each wave roll in its turn
Relaying, that he had reached, the point of no return!
~*~
Note: For Paula Swanson's "POINT" Contest
Copyright © Audrey Haick | Year Posted 2011
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