By triciattx
Date: 2004 May 14
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No Survivors

I've been seized
by the power
of your midnight
ocean rip tides,
then surrendered
- spell bound
to the energy of your surf.

I've found a supply of strength
in the most quiet of serenities
of your gentle blue-green seas
pulling me ever so far from
the comfort of these shores.

All the while...
ignoring the eminent harm
and perils of the heart
trusting well-honed instincts
as my compass
from safe harbors
out to beyond the jagged rocks
hidden just beneath
your raging surface,
certain to capsize
this tiny wayfaring vessel.

I am endlessly adrift
with the rhythm
of your whims
trying to escape myself
only to find myself
here once more,
alone and stranded
on unmapped distant islands.

Having sailed here
on your gentle breezes
I cannot walk
this beach alone again
without the
numbness of absence
overtaking my thoughts,
gathering the driftwood
of abandoned promises,
gazing stoically
to new horizons
as private emotions
slip me away
into the nothingness
of your ebbing tide.