…remains insatiable
Beneath the still surface
memories are lingering
and the undertow of longing
keeps dragging me back to you
back into to the endless depths
into the infinite seas of loss
for our love was but a storm
its wild winds scattering
the sharp shards
and the broken pieces
of my heart
into the eddies of time
now forever unretrievable
now relentless waves
are crashing
against the fragile shores
of my enduring grief
questions are lingering
what could have been?
what should have been?
their echoes are endless
lingering in relentless time
the horizon shimmers
ghostly and fading
and the stars are no guide
just an illusion of the past
all that remains now
is a deathly silence, so profound
that it has become
my companion
my constant hunger
remains insatiable
and I return to the sea
over and over again
letting its waves wash over me
for love, even in its absence
has tides that I cannot resist
© Ann Bagnall
