By Steve Soskin  intersys@cruzio.com http://lovers.base.org
Date: 28 January 1998

Sea Dreams

The dreams of the sea child lay shattered 
in a land locked litany 
of lost love 
Her delight at ocean vistas gone 
in an endless wave 
of confused reality 

She cries for the wavelets 
softly lapping the golden shore 
Wavelets kissing the coast 
unseen unheard 
by the landlocked child of the sea 

She feels her heart fire flickering 
A once strong flame 
longing for the sun 
setting in an azure sea 

And she, child of ocean ecstasy, wistfully 
watches the waning tides of time 
vanishing 
retreating in a recession of remembered 
ocean memories 

Her truth is yet alive on 
whitecapped wavecrests of surf-laden serenity 
As she struggles within 
to revive her dreams 

Love lives in the melody of the sea 
afloat on wavelets that softly kiss sandy shores 
Never to be lost in landlocked banality 
And what of loves dreams? 
They endlessly ride the surf of lovers souls 
in eternal ecstasy 
In the hope that the sea child 
will return to her dream.