the hiss of the ocean spray

adding salt to aching wounds.

pitifully wretched,

in foreign tongues in foreign seas,

i whisper

i cry out to nameless gods.

wo bist du, meine liebe?

où es-tu, mon amour?

i blindly stumbled across the vast expanse

of skin and sun soaked smiles

coming to rest at your feet

the whole of the ocean within me,

swirling within me

drowning and choking the words

desperately abandoning ship.

forsaken

waves crash upon shores

littered with blood, bone and

the casualties of

love.