Salient Shoals

Take a drive—
enjoy the lights
Blot out the sun
and call the night

It’s all here—
everything is right
This is the aftermath
proceeding the fight

Spread your wings—
ascend in flight
Separate the clouds
and breathe, you might

Feel the salt air—
the wind chill bites
See what you’ve created
when you end the plight

Worst week of my life
Will it ever end?
I’m done trying for you
if you just want a friend

x2

1+2+3+4=10

1 round of drinks
2 hours of chat
3 years of anguish
4 more to relieve

The perfect 10?
I’m thinking not

I wrote you a letter
you will not receive
It pertained to you;
it pertained to me

It was a letter of care
I threw into the sea—
tides ripped the pages
and I just let it be

At first, I was sad
(now I am happy)
that the note is gone—
a deleted memory

I just hope you found
joy in somebody
while solemnly I sit
thinking of “we”

I chipped at the shell
and found no reward
although my shovel
is as sharp as a sword

I dug for the artifacts
placed in earth’s core
and after finding some
I only wanted more

The iron that I dug
I received from the oar
and this hole doesn’t end
(I fail to find the floor)

But that is just like love—
finding trinkets to score
But instead of being mine
I wish I could be yours

The ocean is where
I was born, conceived
I’m a son of Neptune -
a creature of brilliancy

I sit in submergence
(in less than emergency)
as a sibling, a brother -
an offspring of the sea

I’ve made my amends
and now I live to be
a soul among the shoals -
a ghost in fluid casing

Until the end of time
I will live by decree:
I have become the sea -
the sea has become me

I remember the days
when the sky was blue;
when the sea was calm;
when the stars shone through

I remember the days
when we had the view;
when we had the beauty;
when we had a clue

I remember the days
when I could see the moon;
when I could see the sunrise;
when I could see anew

(However,)

I can’t recall the days
when you would be true;
when you would love me
without me loving you

     We walked through the fire lit with gunpowder and gasoline in attempts to burn the home our love was consummated in.  It was a seaside cottage with the walls painted red and it was only appropriate to destroy it with the flames representing our long lost desires.  It heated our skin and torched the foundation, leaving only charred remnants of our past lives.  You walked one way and I walked the other but when I glanced back to see what remained, you were gone.  You had vanished in the smoke and all that was left were the pair of stones we placed in the center of the groundwork.  We built everything around these objects and I can still remember the day when we found them—

     It was January 24th.  We were at the sea’s edge when a peculiar oddity struck my line of sight.  It was a rock, but not so ordinary.  On the inside was carved one half of a heart and the stone seemed to be broken cleanly through its center.  I continued to comb through the sand until I spotted you, standing twenty feet to my right, holding what looked to be another stone.  You walked my way and held it out in front of you.  It was the other half.  We married one year later and bought the quaint plot of land the cottage would later be constructed on.  We placed the stones down and swore to each other that we would stay together forever.  I guess some things change, but I will never forget what we had.

[For Carrie]

I was drinking at the bar
and I was feeling alright
but when you walked by me
you couldn’t leave my sight

Your eyes are of pearls
and your smile is of white
Your hair, brown and lustrous
like ribbons taking flight

I went to hang at your place—
the house with yellow lights
to listen to Frightened Rabbit
and try to break the ice

Our natures mixed well
and you were a delight
I’ll be back to visit later
for another late night

jayarrarr:

I send you off, and wish you well —
When I see you next, only time will tell.

So here I’ll wait, while you go be
Where life is lived, and songs are sung
In battles conquered, please think of me
‘Midst challenges mounted, and foes far-flung.

For though we are, sadly,
Bereft of time —
I feel you trulymadly,
In salt of lime
           (or maybe
                that’s just
                    the liquor
                             talkin’)

But oceans are waves
And waves are seas
And you and I
Are us and we
      (inasmuchas
              elementary grammar
                   makes it so)

Someday we’ll see
What landlocked reality
Sings our song.

If so, until then,
Simply —
Jen. 

Yes.  Just…yes.

You can’t release the hatch
without pulling on the lever
and you can’t fulfill a goal
without a proper endeavor

You can’t create amends
if something isn’t severed
and you can’t have a wit
without senses being clever

You can’t behold a storm
without inclement weather
and you can’t let birds fly
without a set of feathers

There can’t ever be a now
if it was not for a never
and you can’t find a love
if it isn’t to last forever

It was a Wednesday—
The sun was shining bright
and everything felt right
while the sun set

It was just another day—
The moon lifted the stars
and the planets from afar
while the waves capped

It was a special day—
The water cast your eyes
and reflected bright skies
while our love took flight

It was our meeting day—
The fish were out jumping
and my blood was pumping
while you took my hand

Do you remember the days
we would sit on the swings?
Do you remember the nights
we would walk to the springs?

Do you remember the kites
we would fly high on strings?
Do you remember the birds
we would watch as they sing?

Do you remember the quartz
we would place into rings?
Do you remember the bonds
we would form from nothing?

I hope you do remember
being the queen to my king
because I’ll never forget you
my gorgeous summer fling…