I walked along the beach today remembering you
so many words I cannot say, so many memories through
I cried seeing the beauty, I laughed forgetting the pain
A sad heart beats in me, sad since you came
into my life one day and in a moment fled away…
This storm in my mind of near-forgotten images, sensations:
an A-frame…a sunset…cold crashing waves…
cool sand…bare feet…washing…washing…washing
brushes of peace. . .touches of love. . .now so far far away…
I walked along the beach today…
I cried as sunlight glistened on the waves…
waves rushing, crashing, receding, fleeing
away
I fly away
I kneel to pray for a new day
an old life long gone away…
the beauty—I see it here, feel it near, sounds I hear. . .
the truest beauty rushed upon me, washed over me…
& crashed away
I walked along the beach today
remembering you.
Originally published on DUP 22nd Dec 2021 as a rewrite from aughts | Edited 25th Feb 2025 | edited June 6,2025
Hopefully I’ll get some good photos next month of a sandy beach very close to the one in the poem. If I’m successful and happy with the painted outcome these will be switched out for more accurate illustrations. Until then, here are 2 more original photos edited using FreshPaint.
Sigh….
I’d never be able to look at beaches the same.
I have this same thing with rain/storms.
Thanks for the comment, Adira. I hope you are still able to find some positive in the variety & beauty of storms though. There’s something so wild as well as soothing that I find on stormy days. ☺️
Not really, but there’s so much beauty in other weather phenomena.
Have a fantastic day, Ruby