Letting Go Amidst the Waves


The sea rages, the winds scream on this beach.
It beckons me to let it all go.
To swim one last time.
To seek comfort in her cold embrace.

I walk past life's gates.
Step into the waves of darkness.
Retch up the hurt and leave it for others to swallow.
Wash my sins away in the coldness.

I wade toward the end.
Swimming in the waves of darkness.
Cough out the hate and leave it for others to inhale.
Sinking now, letting go of it all...

I thrash around, panic setting in.
One last attempt for life.
Screaming out the pain, leaving it for others to feel.
Her arms embrace me, pull me down.

I never was strong enough, she whispers.
I never mattered, she coos.
I never was, she screams.
And the gates close behind me.

My tears mingle in her cold waves.
Tears for the ones I left.
Tears for not being strong enough, to resist her call.
Letting go of life, I drown in the waves of darkness.

And the tears wash ashore, left for others to cry.
Letting go doesn't seem so hard now.
My body falls still on the bottom of this sea.
The waves beckon to you, to let it all go...

Copyright © 2004, Tika Devlynn