Lost Souls To The Ocean

Lost Souls To The Ocean

They are not counted in the way the living are,

No record held to keep their names in place,

Only the sea knowing who it has taken,

Holding each one without question or release.

The surface gives nothing back to those who wait,

No sign appears to soften what is known,

Waves continue as though nothing has changed,

Carrying on without memory or regret.

Beneath, there is a stillness that feels complete,

A quiet that does not break or bend,

Where lost souls settle into endless drifting,

Without direction, without a way to leave.

No voice carries through that heavy depth,

No call can rise far enough to be heard,

Everything remains locked within that space,

Beyond the reach of hope or answer.

Time does not move in the way it once did,

Moments stretch without beginning or end,

Nothing shifts except the passing current,

Guiding what remains through silent paths.

Those left behind search the line where sea meets land,

Eyes fixed on something that will never return,

Holding on to what cannot be found again,

Learning to live with what cannot be changed.

The ocean keeps its silence without effort,

Never offering more than it intends to give,

Lost souls remain where they have been taken,

Held in a place that does not let go.

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