The Call

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.