~Poem~ Oceanic Shadows

Sea waves crashing high above rocks

intoxicated me.

Stood where they swallowed everything;

engulfed me.

You said I would never be free;

bound me

but still I ran…

So far I can't go back;

no looking back.

Barefoot on the shores;

traces of me

washed away.

Once was crawling desperately,

once was clawing

for a way out,

once was screaming…

it's over 

Whispering chaos of a storm

unleashed me;

drowned your memory so never again

would you torture me.

Thunder deafen my ears;

I will hear her oceanic song again.

Lightening blind my eyes;

I see the way out

and I will run…

So you can never catch up.

If I flee into the waters

and drown to escape you

it's what I'll do.

Sweetened oblivion;

darkened release,

finally free.

Once was running,

once was swimming away

but I've let it go… 

To float aimlessly out into nothing.

I will haunt you.

I will become just another

shadow on the waves

when they scream in anguish.

You will never find me there.

Copyright 2012 Lavinia Thompson