Surrender

You will never know the tempest.
Crackling harmonies
Rain-dappled, sun-kissed
Let its tempers forge you
Lavish in its mists
Forsaken.
Blazing with regret
How it laced the sky with longing
But your choice
Has sealed your fate.
You left it all behind
Trailed spiny half-truths and
Heart-wrenching eyes
Then kicked off your shoes and
Plunged neck-deep into the bay
In all its tempting idyll.
Rippling, intoxicating
The perfect facade.
Soaked your mind in silence
You dreamt rhythm in the hollows
Saw stagnance for allure
And the bay will take you
For the storm knows no regrets
Your own words
No choice but to
Drift
Sink
So linger in your
Vermillion days and
Alabaster hues
One last chance to be
Before the bay sheds its secrets
And casts you to the
Iron depths
Below