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encounter on pier 39
encounter on pier 39
she sat inaudibly alone on pier thirty-nine
watching colorful sail boats go lazily by
i didn’t know her name but she was a friend of mine
and it hurt so badly to see her cry
with my guitar in my left hand and wishes in my right
i approached her quietly, careful not to intrude
the waters were darker than the moonless night
and i spoke softly to avoid being abruptly rude
“may I play a simple song for you?”
i asked, carefully watching her beautiful blue eyes
“i haven’t written it yet so we’ll see how i do.”
and with that she started to softly cry.
“i wanted to jump into the water tonight.”
she confessed when i started to strum
i said, “i could tell your darkness had swallowed the light
i suppose your desperation told me to come.”
i laid my pride down and strummed out a song
a simple story just to say i understood
and that however she felt things had gone so wrong
somehow she could still find some good
my soul has throbbed like fire in the dark of night
crunched and crushed like flattened trash in the street
like a thin shelter from wind, covering my fright
while tearing up pieces to cover my feet
so i know your broken heart, my friend
i’ve seen you through the eyes of a broken old man
so please walk away ‘cause I know you can.”
and with those words i took her outstretched hand.
i never saw her again after that memorable night
but the song was etched forever in my heart
and somehow it seemed we soared to new heights
and with the freedom of our song found a new start
i still avoid the choppy waters of pier thirty-nine
and find I must avoid the beautiful golden gate
yet i wonder what became of this lonely friend
who sat alone one night quietly tempting fate
tolbert
Copyright ©
wayne tolbert
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