I traced your name with ash in sand
birds in the trees sang you a song
The water pooled inside your name
through tears I tried to sing along
On waves it carried you away
your ashes mingled on the shore
My heart as heavy as the clay
I prayed to god for one day more
The tide waited as if it heard
and I waded in, against its flow
Circling around, those tiny birds
their song made chills began to grow
Carefully I backed up on the shore
watching where my footsteps tread
Your portrait in the sand now whole
a halo of waves around your head
Upon my dresser sits sand and ash
your face and remnants of the sea
A treasure heavens love has cast
never turned his back on me
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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