Freshwater bay (revised)

i

I stand by the cold stone cross,
To then breathe in in the view;
While my mind slowly ponders
Upon visions of you.
I note how the wild east wind,
Twists the gnarled stunted trees,
Shaping their tawny limbs,
With such terrible ease.
While to my left and below at my feet,
I see the tall, grey, craggy cliffs
Where the wild driven seas
grapple with terrible thunder to meet.
So I shut my eyes tight
And long for you here,
To just catch a small glimpse
of the mere ghost of a tear.
But time, -like our  lives-
Screams out  a loud smash
Then just floats far, far away...
Like these storm tossed green seas,
Around Freshwater bay.

ii

I miss you so much,
The pain never ends,
I thought that you
were my forever friend.
I thought that meant here,
I thought that meant now,
But now is all but ashes;
That leaves me riddled with doubt.
I long to reach out, I beg you to hear,
But my words fade way
With this cold winter tear.
So, I’m left all alone,
With my thoughts and my fears,
Oh how I wish to sweet Christ
that you were just here.
But time -like our lives-
Screams out a loud smash
To just float far, far away;
Upon the storm tossed green seas
Along  Freshwater bay.

iii

To a mother and a son,
To a loving dear father,
The old and the young.
To the wars and the cost,
To the terror and pain!
That we do to each other
Again and again!
We reach out, we touch,
And then we are gone,
To leave nothing but memories
of our tender love song.
I think of our years,
The laughter, the joy,
And then come the tears
From me and "your boy".
I then turn open the urn,
To the cold bitter breeze,
I watch you take form
Then fly far from me.
For moment your there,
Then you whisper away,
Along the storm tossed green seas,
Of Freshwater bay.

(c) adh 2012 revised 2013