Come Away Mother

A short poem on a beach

Iridescence paints the ground

Upon the grains where I am found

Ocean waves so cold and deep

Could lull one’s sorrows away to sleep

 

As I lay and feel the texture

The heavens bear down their icy nectar

I stand again upon my feet

Can feel my chest, detest the beat

 

Where I walk the sand gives in

No different than the man within

The waves rise up to seal my fate

Come away mother, let us leave this place

Author's Note

Tell me what this makes you think of or how it makes you feel!

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

Well it's cryptic, at least it is so to me. There is an implication of death or impending death. A loathing of life, depression and resignation are suggested, at least to me. The poem is not about kittens and butterflies, or so say I. How say you?