Farewell To The Sea

To those who have lost somebody.

Last night I had that dream of you, the dream that makes me hurt,


Where I take you to the sea and you wear your gypsy skirt.


I help you take your shoes off and we run across the sand,


There are fireworks in the air and we can hear the New Year's band.



 

The two of us, we run, until the trumpets fade away,


To where the sky has turned magenta and the clouds are not so grey.


We face the skyline and I hold you with my arms around your waist,


The water's cold around our ankles but your hair is warm upon my face.



 

You turn around to hold my hand, and you tell me that we'll run,


Say if we fly across the ocean then we can catch the setting sun.


So I sprint into the waves with you, and my hand is still in yours,


The sun is sinking as we swim, drifting farther from the shore.



 

Then in seconds there is darkness; you hold my face and then we kiss,


Our lips are salty from the sea, but in that moment there is bliss.


We turn around to swim to land but it's dark and we can't see,


The whispering ocean's getting rough; you're being pulled away from me.



 

I try to find you in the waves; I swear I'm trying so damn hard,

I'm so confused and I'm so scared; the water's ripping us apart.

I hear you screaming out my name; I turn around and scream yours back,

My heart is pounding in my throat; can't find your hand, the world is black.

 

I race to find your calling voice, but in the waves your voice is drowned,

I feel I'm searching for forever - even when there is no sound.

Then I wake up and I am crying salty tears that taste like pain,

There's a mark there on my pillow where dried tears have left a stain.

 

I can't stop that empty feeling, as I lie awake for hours,

Scream in pillows, clench my teeth, hold myself, take ice-cold showers.

So I walked out to the beach today for the first time in two years,

Thought that maybe it was time for me to put away my fears.

 

The early morning breeze was cold as I walked barefoot to the tide,

I stood and shouted out your name, but the ocean only sighed.

I found myself standing alone where we waded in that night,

And I stood as the sun rose, and I was covered in its light.

 

The warm caress, it wiped my tears, and for once I didn't hurt,

I smiled back at the glowing rays and pictured you in your gypsy skirt.

I felt at peace under the sky; I felt so free that I wanted to run,

Because I knew that now you could rest, and that you'd caught our setting sun.

Author's Note

This poem is about loving somebody with your entire heart and soul.
It's also about losing that person and reaching closure.

From a dream, not events in my life.

Reviews

[C.A. Lucas]

Gave me chills, made me tear up, and made my heart melt. I can tell this really came from deep down. If only I could write from my heart and make it this beautiful. Haha. Anyway, this may just be the best piece of writing I've seen on this website in all my life!

[under-the-water]

same emotions came to me
**cyber high five**

[C.A. Lucas]

ha ha!

[Miguel]

Thank you tons! :D
I'm so happy you like it - I worked really hard on it.
Just set your mind and heart to it and I'm sure you can make anything as beautiful as you want. There are no limits.

Thank you again, and have a beautiful day.
~Miguel

[C.A. Lucas]

You too!

[Lost in Wonderland]

Oh my goodness this was so sad and sweet! Truly incredible emotions and a beautiful story:) Well done
God bless. 100!!

[Miguel]

Thank you! I really appreciate it. Glad you like it :)

[Lost in Wonderland]

No problem:) thank u for the lovely addition to the site

[Speak in Silence]

I absolutely love this. I love your rhyming scheme. The is an amazing poem. :) Good luck, so far no one has entered but you :)

[Miguel]

Thanks so much!
I see that two other pieces have been submitted now, very worthy contenders! :)

[Speak in Silence]

Your welcome! :) I will check them out now :)

[Speak in Silence]

It's seriously been almost a year since I first read this and I'm still in love with it omfg

[Miguel]

Lately I've been busy and the only email notifications I get from writerscafe are for the groups I'm in, so it totally made my day when I saw that you commented on this. Thank you. And now you've got me thinking that I should really start posting stuff on here again. I'm happy you still like it! Have a beautiful day, Victoria.

[Speak in Silence]

I'm glad I could make you smile a little(: I would LOVE it if you'd post here again! I just started accepting read requests again (I have a little more time on my hands lately) and I'd love it to see some of your work again. I also created a contest (it's on my profile at the moment) and I'd love it if you could check it out and maybe submit something! I'd love to read it!

[Miguel]

Oh, that's great news! :) I'll see if I can manage to pull something together before I fly out of here again. I'm not much of a short story writer but I'll do my best. So nice to hear from you! :)

[Speak in Silence]

Oh thank you so much! I can't wait to read!
And it's great to hear from you too! I thought you'd be gone forever!

[Dark Tower]

Very beautiful piece. We all know how how to feels to be in love with somebody and think that nothing can ruin the picture perfect romance, and we all know hot it feels to lose that love. Very well written.

[Miguel]

Thank you, Bongani! I'm happy you like it :)

[Miguel]

Best read aloud. :)