Emptiness Leaves A Heart Aching

Love doesn't promise eternity and when a person loses it...the pain hurts.

I pause to watch sea gulls dipping into the brine;
mindful they're there for a sundown meal.
The sun unveils a painting of beauty;
oranges, whites, and yellows mien the sky.
Waves roll...they're late for opening night;
lapping sand sucks in a twilight meal.

Footprints are wiped away leaving a clean slate,
leaves foam edges along the oceans shoreline.
A mist brings bushy heads and lifeless curls...
opens the rawness within a heart and soul,
harboring a love lost by turbulent winds and storms;
a desire to hold-on and not to lose the fervent passions.

Darkness overtakes moments until the moon lightens,
leaves an image of the sea retreating before my eyes.
It's like love walking right out of my life never to return,
gloom drops by to clinch my aches and pains within.
Why must love feel good but loss hurts bad,
causing a turmoil to chap a person's entire soul?

 

 

Sole writer is Barbara Kasey Smith - Copyright@2012 - use with permission only.

  

Reviews

[bela]

The poem flows extremely well. You beautifully described all the natural beauty.
a nice poem to read on and I enjoyed it.I like the lovely rhythm.

[Barbara Kasey Smith]

Thanks Bela - I love to bring out fantastic images for a reader to be able to paint their own canvas!

[Barbara Kasey Smith]

Thank you J - I love poetry and writing in general - leaves the soul satisfied! Blessings! Barbara Kasey Smith

[JR Darewood]

I'm actually looking at the sunset of the ocean while I was reading this, and it totally bled into my lived experience. good piece

[Barbara Kasey Smith]

Thanks you much Bradley - I love poetry and I love trying to show and not just tell!