When the ocean calls my name

I dare not heed it’s lonely call

My life, my loves would be gone forever

Lost in it’s turbulent, rocky depths.

The ocean breezes whisper in my ear

“Stay with us, we mean you no harm”

I long to be lost for a time

in it’s cold, yet calming embrace.

But eternity is what is desired

And I cannot comply, I dare not

My children, my love would be lost

If the sea claimed me and kept me forever.

So, I hear the roar of the waves

The Seaweed caresses my feet

Daring me to dive beneath the foam

To lose what I didn't know I’d found

Alas, I cannot comply... and the sea rages on.

What happened to the curtains
that once gently wafted in the breeze
high above the emerald hued trees
where chattering squirrels quarrel with each other.

What was said in the kitchen
around the now scarred and dusty table
did you tell stories, or read the paper
when yellow flowers on the wall were a brighter hue?

Why were you abandoned
why was your beauty left to decay
was there a death, or a life... so tragic
that all lovliness felt wasted away?

I feel the heaviness of this house
the dormant love and hate
yet even in its tattered and derelict state
is still a hauntingly beautiful ruin
in all its vanishing glory.