…as the dark veils fall

There was a time when your soul met mine
and we flowed together
when I cleaved to you and you enveloped me
in a surge towards the open sea
the horizon was no limit
for we were boundless and free
yearning to be carried away
to tumble under endless skies
me into you, you into me
in the vastness of the ocean into which we finally fell
and in the relentless pull of the ebb and flow
we were lost to each other
I watched you drifting away
the tides continually shifting
as we moved further apart, our paths diverging
two ships passing in the dark
my heart was beating at a frantic pace
like the wings of a tiny bird caught in a wild wind
the deep pain of parting
now in my dreams, I still search for you
but you are ever out of reach
I am consumed by memories
and sorrow circles me as the dark veils fall
lost and drowning in your wake
the waves still surge and the waves still break
and their endless sobbing carries me away
now I find myself alone
drifting upon these tides of loss
watching the endless horizon
not understanding my ever empty arms
© Ann Bagnall