Untitled Poem #1

I once had a dream

of you and of me.

We were floating high

above the ocean

sitting on a cloud in the sky.

I had my toes aimed down

facing the vast water below.

There was something there,

but I don't really know

what it was that called to me.

So I slowly looked down,

and took in the sight.

I could almost taste the salt

carried on the breeze as

a siren's call aimed to please.

The ocean spoke of love

warmth, freedom, and a

place to call "home."

I began to wonder

what it would be like to fall,

and heed the ocean's call.

I thought it would be nice

to sink down from my cloud,

and fall into the ocean like ice.

And it was then that you lost me.

The siren seduced me

and put me under her spell.

I tried to hold on, but

still into the ocean, I fell.

I don't know for sure

if it was a moment or a lifetime

that passed before I found myself

embraced in the arms of the sea,

where the siren no longer called to me.

She never told me, though, how lonely

It would be to give in.

And when I thought of you,

I was scared.

Because my greatest fear of losing you

had finally come true.

So even though it was pointless to try,

I imagined myself a bird, and tried to fly.

I wanted to escape, and go back to you.

All I wanted was to be free; to be with you.

If I couldn't have that, I'd much rather die.

Just when I was about to give up

It seems that you, too, were stuck

Lost with me.

Together embraced by an endless sea.

"If it weren't for you," you said,

"I might as well be dead.

I don't care where we go,

or even what we do.

I would even drown in this ocean

if it meant I was with you."

In the next moment, I was awake.

Safe and warm, home in my bed.

The sea was dry and gone,

and the siren was out of my head.

Yet I still felt cold,

like I'd let go of something

precious I'd been holding onto.

Yet at the same time, I was happy.

Because I knew that

I'd always have you.