In Love With The Sea

I watched the wave massage the sand,
a beautiful blanket of layered blues
like his eyes, pressing soft palms against molten browns,
like my eyes, but softer, richer, and so full of life.
Dreamily a sigh escaped my lips,
two rivers of cherry parting to an end,
freeing the hold of a longing that
seemed so awfully far away.
White gulls called to the fish;
silver, glistening in the sunlight,
able to touch the sky and water
while my hands remained hidden in my sleeves.
The cold crept behind my neck
sending a shudder of tingles down my spine,
like his touch, though unlike the wind-
warm, kind, gentle.
Clouds of gray threatened to collide,
giants of the oblivion above,
and I wished in that fleeting bullet of fear
I were in his arms once more.
But all had ended that summer's eve
when out to sea he went and here I stood,
waving goodbye in hope of his return,
but the tide decided to dance.
And so she twirled, in love with my lover,
her play of seduction thrashing his boat,
tossing his crew overboard as he clung
to the mast, with full loyalty
calling my name.
I screamed in terror, and so the sky
had heard me weep and wept as well,
drowning his face still ever lovely,
trying with all might not to let go.
The mistress of the ocean
pranced her way, giggling at the torment
she had caused, washing whales and starfish
to weight the vessel and so it tipped
in her delight.
He swam and fought, arms breaking
into the current, reaching desperately
for something to hold, but to my horror,
the ocean swirled into her final spin,
arms around his throat to capture forever.
I stared at the sky, since darkening
with my memory; sullen, sorrowful,
as I wiggled my toes in the powdery sand, closing my eyes,
taking a new breath to fulfill the emptiness.
A drizzle of rain streaked my cheeks;
one drop first, then another to follow my tears,
an ache in my chest unforgotten,
looming, torturing, angered at my helplessness.
In wake of my despair, a wave climbed the shore
walking slowly, silently, eagerly caressing my feet,
and in that moment I felt him once more;
my lover here to comfort me.