Dark tide
The wind from the ocean sweeps Over splinters of the beaten floor, Sun dried, salt dried, tear stained, Having known intimately my pacing feet. Your boots no longer by my door, Sounds of your breath but an echo in my head, The ocean sings songs sweetly, seemingly uncaring She took you away without asking. Mournful gulls sing regrets and eulogies, The sun dances playfully about the room, inviting, But my heart remains cold, broken, submerged Beneath the ocean where my dream went to die. I see your ship glowing in the dark of night Beacon of heaven, pulling me in, Dark waters of longing shall wash me out To the place you now call home.
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I am a button pusher. I stir up trouble. It is what I do. I live in the borders between light and dark. I can write about beautiful things, and joy and love, but I find I am more creative when i write about the dark. I love to hold a mirror up to the...
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