This poem goes out to all those military families waiting to be reunited with their loved ones, whether here or in the next life. I’d like to take a moment to thank all the brave men and women who gave their life to protect this country from sea to sea. As we enjoy time off tomorrow, we’ll use it to think of you and dream of being together again on the same shore. Happy Memorial Day!
Swept Away
The rising tide came
and swept you from the shore
I stare across the sea
searching for the one I knew before
The sand dances across my feet
while the waves tickle my toes
But even nature’s mirth
won’t take away my woe.
You stare across the sea
searching for the child you knew before
But now I am grown.
You could not see me
For I am not that boy
You settle in the sand
and think your life’s destroyed.
We stare across the same sea
Looking from different shores
Gather your courage, take up your oar
We’ll find each other, you’ll see
We’ll be looking across the same sea
side by side and hand in hand
staring across that same sea
looking from the same shore.
From Fingertips to Fiction 