Archive for January 17th, 2008
The Man Across the Sea
January 17th, 2008 Posted 5:12 pm
The cold wind sings in her ear
And dances in her hair
Waves that are rigid and high
Touch the sky with freezing hands.
Above the waves, across the blue
A purple balloon soars into view.
Drifting as far and as high as it can
Stretching against the piece of string.
If only it had no rope
To bind it to a child’s hand
It could travel on the wind
To places only dreamed about
These places that remain so far
Are where she wishes she could drift
And find him where he stays
Far away from there.
A letter drifting on the tide of air
Above the blue-gray sea
Could tell people along its route
The wonderful things that it would see
And things it saw from places before
And give the message to the one it should.
And if it should fall from the sky,
The sea would carry it to shore.
The letter would pass from hand to hand
Until it reached its destination.
Everyone would know she loved him
And how long she waited to see him again.
But she knew that although seeing him might not be
A letter could answer her solidarity.
Though he could never write her back
At least she’d get things off her chest
Instead of pretending she didn’t love
The man across the sea.
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