Home this eve I did to roam,

So many homes closed & dark till next season,

No one on the streets walking this way or that,

Still I do miss the solitude of the darkened beach,

Was for many years to live my reason…

Listening to the waves break on the shore,

No gull sounds as it is just about dark,

Looking from one end to the other,

The boardwalk empty, closed are every store….

No screaming kids, no drunken brawls of summer,

No ocean goers, the water way too cold,

Dressed in layers if they are out at all,

No breeze whispering through the trees…

© ed ~ 12/10/06