XX/YY - Troubled Coast

I wade out into the murky tide

Where sky and sea collide

Where one begins, the other ends

I cannot see a difference in the grays and oh I’ve tried

And in the distance winds are stirring, clouds are forming

The gulls ascend, converge and cry

The whales are humming a song to sweet for words

A white cap forms, I think of you

Your rusty amber hair

Your bracelet made of broken bones

Lilacs tucked behind your ears

Loving ocean, wash my dirty hands

Sea-bound woman swim to shore

I remember a time when we were caught in the snow

Our winter jackets were left inside

Pines obscured the view to home

So towards the sun we climbed

A seraph saw us from the sky

And thought he needed you

Your beauty fits a siren’s niche so to the sea you went

Loving ocean, wash my dirty hands

Sea-bound woman swim to shore

I tried to hold onto you but heavenly hosts were pulling too

Oh, I am just a man

Chagrinned you reached out for my coat

I watched you sink through murk and choke

Oh, I am just a man!

I see you in the autumn leaves

You drowning slow and shifting hues

Oh, I am just a man

Be the wind in my sails, the figurehead on my prow