As the waves came rolling in with the tide

we stood there, motionless, lost in our embrace

The evening sun lit our faces as tears ran free

hauntingly sad eyes, an image time would not erase

Love and desire shimmered through our quivering bodies

as my out bound ship, soon would be set to sail

The look of love and a parting kiss to last forever,

forever entwined amidst the tide and blowing gale

"Be well my love, don't worry, I'll be back soon"

I said in a whispering voice, with trembling lips

But both of us knew this could be our last goodbye,

because the ocean is vast and sunk many a ship

A last goodbye, a sad goodbye is this our destiny?

Can we still be as one when the ocean divides us so,

will I hear you call my name on a gentle breeze

with your words carried to me in the tide that will flow?

A sailor's fate it is to leave his lass alone again,

never knowing if Neptune will show mercy on him

and return his ship safely home to his beloved family,

or in a display of brutal force take his life on a whim

Such torture and trepidation haunts him from within

Perhaps this be the last time he will hold his one true love

My tears subsided from a heart overcome with sorrow

as we embraced again, I prayed to God on high above

My tormented heart was torn in two, for it loves two ladies

My earthbound lassie, who waits on the shore for me,

but my body aches to return to its beckoning mistress

who awaits me passionately, my emerald lady, the sea

A poem dedicated to me from Shalini Sira. From my facebook inbox..couldn't figured out why she would send a poem to me but i think its very sweet of her...

Thx.