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ChristChild
12-07-2007, 02:34 AM
Adrift


My boat was moored to her
An inviting harbor
Oh, my ropes were held fast
To bits upon her wharf


Life's ever-changing waves
Brought us both together
We held a loose embrace
And we stood side-by-side


Then the violent storms came
Testing bonds between us
Our ropes of love held fast
Until wind and sea calmed


But in those joining ropes
A cancer slowly grew
Some inner blight, unseen
A dark and poisoned rot


Weakened were ties that bind
From disease in their midst
The next storm was enough
To set our hearts adrift


I tried like a doctor
To mend cords between us
But the vile, dark disease
Was stronger than my cure


I begged her, my harbor
Call the Great Physician
But she'd not hear my plea,
Deaf and bitter to me


I float free now at sea
My journey lost and dark
Our bonds broken, hanging
In the icy waters


Copyright(c)2007, D. Shane Burton

lynnmosher
12-07-2007, 10:53 PM
This has great yet sad images. I love it. Great job!

girdhar
12-12-2007, 07:07 AM
Hi,what a wonderful poem.
It contain everything that a love poem shoud have .

Goth Ink
12-13-2007, 03:30 AM
i loved the picture it painted in my head...i could SEE what you were writting about. very well done.

ChristChild
12-15-2007, 03:38 PM
Thanks all! :) Though it is sad, I thought it captured the frustration of a lost love, using the imagery of a boat and harbor.

Shane