Sea of Love

Sea of Love

Let us walk my long-lost darling
Beside a nighttime navy sea
Waters are cold, but air is warm
Sand powder-soft as it can be

You’ve been gone many years
Returned like a wind swept tide
My heart called you from the depths
Once again you’re by my side

Are you a watery siren’s illusion
To make me lose my mind?
Did Triton give you life eternal,
Could the ocean’s be so kind?

Forgive my appearance darling
And my dreary gown of black
I did not know you were coming
But I’m so very glad you’re back.

I must kiss you now my darling
And embrace as we are now one
But my arms go right through you
My shattered soul is now undone.

You trace my tears with fingers
Caressing lines upon my face
The moon no longer lingers
A red sun now takes it’s place

Will you ever be a prisoner
Of cruel sea and salt and brine?
Will I ever feel your kiss again
With lips warm and pressed to mine?

You will always come my darling
Until once again we can be
Husband and wife again together
Not separated by death’s cold sea.

Goodbye for now my seaward darling
Let me be a beacon to you above
Someday soon I follow you there
Then we’ll rest on the sea of love.


By: Kimarie Manhart-Freeman