Survivor's Remorse

Once By The Atlantic

Written June 3, 2004

Once by the Atlantic,

I sat there watching and waiting

On my long lost love.

I let my hair loose and wishing the truth

Would come flooding towards this cove.

There by the Atlantic,

I felt the soft breeze 

And watched the gulls fly high.

I was wishing my love would return to me

In a ship floating nearby.

Once by the Atlantic,

I watched and waited, glaring at the approaching storm.

I placed my feet into the water

That appeared unexpectedly to be warm.

There by the Atlantic,

I squinted and saw 

A ship tossing in the sea.

If it were my love and he were to die

I'd wish to God it were me.

Here by the Atlantic,

I stood and watched,

My heart beating so fast.

The ship sails closer

And I ponder my love and me together in the past.