Where The Ocean Meets The Sky

I wrote a thousand poems to you
Rolled them up, tucked them safe in glass
I carried them to the sea at sunrise
And waited for low tide to pass

I asked the sea to carry you gently
To where the ocean meets the sky
So that every night when I visit here
Looking ahead won’t feel like goodbye

In hues of pinks and purples
My bottles absorbed the dusk
As neatly and tenderly I parted with each
And said farewell to love and trust

I tossed each bottle and watched the sea,
Shimmering tides under a starry sky,
My thoughts of you floated away from me
In glass vessels of fragile dreams

I broke a piece again that I can not mend
And I know this time’s goodbye
So I’ll keep the rest safe beneath these stars
Where the ocean meets the sky