Sailor
I mourn for my sailor, lost at sea
I offer up hope, recite every plea
the shore was vast and my heart alone
drowned in the tides, a sinking stone
I walked for hours of infinite torture
a mess of grief yet an innocent mourner
scattering tears and wailing songs
who will now try to right my wrongs
remembering peace, longing for mercy
a love story’s end, the final journey
at night I dream of fallow seas
my love so blue and tangled in reeds
battered ships adrift on the swells
scattered bones among the shells
rocking in time with the tides and the moon
my lost sailor wanders the dune
searching for treasures, forever at sea
he was my soul, I will never be free
forever adrift, forever apart
forever my love, forever my heart.
Copyright © Ellen Waters | Year Posted 2018
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