Soul Sliding
I was born here
along the salty waters of the Atlantic
where wind and rain, ice and snow
are blown out to the ocean depths.
I watched the sunrise
when I was still a child
cooling my toes in the sands on the shore
warming my face in the sun as it rose on the horizon.
I lived the days in quiet, peaceful solitude
until you, and then
it was the two of us
walking the shoreline eyeing the sea.
We walked and talked of dreams
full of the plans for living
and live, we did well those fifty years
always as one, together.
Tonight, as sunset slides in on the tides
I walk alone, missing you
sitting on the driftwood that floated in
I am called to the edge.
The world and all its troubles slip away
buffeted by tidal waves and whale song
I see life goes on
as the soul rests calm, longing for the sea.
for Chantelle Anne Cooke's Slipping Soul Sunset
4/25/20
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