Shoreline

Shoreline

I’m walking along the shore

Waiting to see a sunrise

But I’m afraid to hope for one anymore

Why am I full to bursting

With so many words and crystal notes

That I can’t hear?

*

Quietly

Feeling the sand beneath my feet

All is painted in rose now

A beauty that cradles my soul so sweet

But I don’t know

If i can take this afterglow

And make it real

*

Finally

I’m here

In a purple-hued dusk that feels like dawn

Finally

It’s clear

The storm has passed and the clouds are gone

But I’m waiting

To sing the note

That will call in the daylight

*

Anxious

Humming like a hummingbird

To scatter these crystals across the sand

What if all they’ll ever be is words?

I’m so full of beauty

I can barely breathe

*

And I’m grateful

To feel this rush of life again

If that’s all it ever is

I’ll stay on the shore and walk, my friend

The painted horizon doesn’t care

If no one ever sees it

*

Finally

I’m here

In a purple-hued dusk that feels like dawn

Finally

It’s clear

The storm has passed and the clouds are gone

But I’m waiting

To sing the note

That will call in the daylight

*

Fairy dust and morning light

Are dancing all around

Whoever thought that silence

Could be the most beautiful sound?

I haven’t found my voice yet

But at least I have something to say

*

Finally

I’m here

In a purple-hued dusk that feels like dawn

Finally

It’s clear

The storm has passed and the clouds are gone

*

And as I waited

I looked up and saw

That it was daylight