shores

by Alexandra L., 15

Waves crashing upon silent, waiting shores
Feet resting in wet, white, crackling sands and cold red hands
Feel the wind blow and stop between her breaths
Green sea, fiery skies, like her eyes that grant me life

Feet resting in wet, white, crackling sands and cold red hands
Her smile stops the ticking time from turning day to night
Green sea, fiery skies, like her eyes that grant me life
Beautiful, glistening on the sunlit ocean waves, frozen in our time

Her smile stops the ticking time from turning day to night
Keeping the shadowy disapprovals at bay
Beautiful, glistening on the sunlit ocean waves, frozen in our time
Teaching me how to fly far away from this land we know

Keeping the shadowy disapprovals at bay
She parts the sea that was once drowning me
Teaching me how to fly far away from this land we know
Loving me, showing me how the flames dance on the ocean’s shore

Her love sings so sweetly to my rhythmic heart
I feel the wind blow and stop between her breaths
She loves me like the ocean, her child, telling it to move softly, quiet
Waves crashing upon silent, waiting shores
 
Red Bank, New Jersey