Carmine sun rises / boundary of a new day / “Wake up my sweet love.”
Sounds of waves lapping / boat rocking in the low tide / your eyes a green pool.
Blue sky and cool breeze / goose bumps cover my body / greeting joy’s new day.
Sea gulls wheal above / like kites on a summer wind / crying for their fish.
When you have left me / this haunting of a day lost / I wake and recall.
Your shadow is there / but your body is buried / in far away sands.
I draw my net in / for work will help me forget / the true love I had.
“Please don’t forget me / I am not mere memory / never a shadow.”
“I cannot forget / whiskey won’t grant me relief / my longing remains.”
Fish caught in my net / gasping for air entangled / my soul without you.
My tired bones creaking / I row to the pace of time / toward the shoreline.
My skin is umber / but my sharp eyes see you there / strolling on white sand.
When I get closer / I cannot believe my eyes / you are dead no more.
But she is not you / wading outward to greet me / “Welcome home, Father.”