cobalt washed out
against a paler sky
and i just have
this feeling
inside that
there is still
pain that
i am concealing
i just don't
know why  
but there's always
all that creamy foam
and it looks
delicious

though the sand
in my hair
reminds me
of us
and who i
used to be
and the
hot tears
in my eyes
are salty
my own
sea
but now
they run
dry

whipping wind
so i draw my arms
a little tighter
around myself  
mottled wood
the dreamy
planks
like the walls
of my cage
empty eyes
i look
a little more
closely
but there's no
lonely faces
staring back
at me  

butter pecan
dripping slowly
from a waffle
cone
we'd always
shared
the same
taste
something i can
still recall  
all those licks
well spent  
as we walked down
the strand
together
merely a
paling reflection
of your former self

and i think
i will lay here
forever
until the stars
fade from
above
and sunrise
approaches
in the distance  

and i think
i will lay here
forever
and i will close my
eyes oh these
flimsy attempts
to ease this
troubled mind
  
your swift
retaliation
carefully calculated
a jagged shaft
through my
already bleeding
heart
your strike
against
an imaginary
deception
all the while
she dazzled
like the sun
as the seagulls
circled overhead

together forever
is what you
had said
well let me tell you
it is not
the end
so why did you ever
bother
to pretend

and i think i will
lay here
forever, forever, forever
all alone  
as life passes
me by
until the waves
wake me
until the waves
break me
until i can
finally  
forget you