Then

I remember sitting alone on a long stretch of sun-kissed Mediterranean beach Feeling powerfully young and beautiful Feeling my heart swell and roar like the ocean Giggling as little rippling waves in rows hurried to kiss and tickle my toes Leaving them clothed in lacy frills like ten little brides at a wedding! I remember feeling immortal then Then when the sunset held the promise of tomorrow and dawn bathed in golden streams of light Birds sang in my young heart then When the universe moved through me When I dreamed dreams wild with hope When the thrill of possibility saturated me with an unquenchable longing How I would love to go back to that stretch of beach where I sat with my frothy toes and vowed to find love I would tell the ocean I had kept my pledge and had found enduring love and fulfilment But I would ask the ocean why this heart of mine holds its grief so tightly Why it is unable to cut the last mooring rope... Perhaps the ocean will tell me?