Adrift
Lost at Sea (A poem for my son who was lost at sea on March 19th 2020)
I am adrift on this lonely sea.
Everything is here is so beautiful, and that makes me so sad.
My heart and the sea are duet of wonder and grief.
I can never reach the shore, no matter how hard I try.
The light of the sky is as delicate as the fibers of my memories.
The ocean breeze moves me from place to place.
This ache in my soul makes me look for those I have lost on the tide of once was.
I am lost.
A song, a laugh, a hand reaching out.
Anything.
Let there be a center, under it all.
All that I have has been taken from me.
All that remains was taken away.
It is so beautiful here. It makes me so sad.
I lost my face, I've lost who I am.
Here I am, adrift.
Feeling permeated by a blessing that exists only in memory.
I am so sad. And everything is so beautiful.
About the Creator
Carrie Rice-Justus
I am a Writer. A Poet. An Artist. I am a Beach Bum. I am a Crone in training. A mother of wolves. I have a caffeine addiction and a survival mode that is on auto-pilot. I am waiting for something magical to happen in my life.
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