His Second Love
\nby cricketjeff on July 24, 2015.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nShe stood on the beach and she waited,
\nThe sun sinking slow in the West.
\nThe smile in her soul had deflated,
\nHer lover too far from the nest.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 They met in a Summer of dancing,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Of songs that flowed into your heart
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 She flicked up her skirts to his glancing \u00a0 \u00a0
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And soon they were barely apart.<\/p>\n
The bite in the breeze speaks of sadness,
\nThe tang of the salt meets her tears.
\nTo wander alone leads to madness
\nAnd she’s walked alone here for years.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 The ring that he gave her was slender
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And carried three tiny blue stones.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 His kisses were eager but tender
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And started a fire in her bones.<\/p>\n
She seems not to notice the weather,
\nNo gale blows her feet from the path.
\nHer love the unbreakable tether
\nThat’s tied to the storm’s aftermath.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0The wedding arrived, she stood happy;
\n\u00a0 \u00a0The man that she loved by her side.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0He stayed while she changed every nappy
\n\u00a0 \u00a0As mother emerged from the bride.<\/p>\n
You see in her eyes she remembers
\nThe days that she laughed every day
\nBut now summer months are Decembers,
\nThe rest of each year fades away.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Their baby was just three years older,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0The first time he worked on the boat.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0New passions now burned slightly colder
\n\u00a0 \u00a0His first love reclaiming his vote.<\/p>\n
The light in her eyes ever staler,
\nNo sunlight can rewarm the heart
\nOf a woman who’s man is a sailor
\nWhen she and her love are apart.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0But he was at home between sailings,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0When love filled her daydreams with fun
\n\u00a0 \u00a0And twice he came home to unvelings,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0Of one brand new daughter and son.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0
\nShe turns after midnight and slowly
\nWalks back from the edge of the shore.
\nThe hope that she holds never wholly
\nDiscarded like dirt on the floor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0His voyages grew ever longer,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0The nights in her arms were so few.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0The call of the sea seemed far stronger
\n\u00a0 \u00a0Than anything she ever knew.<\/p>\n
Her love never turned into hating
\nBut nothing could set her heart free
\nThe ghost of his widow’s still waiting
\nFor him to come home from the sea<\/p>\n
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\n Author notes
\nIt’s not right yet, but with the contest due to end thought I should post it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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