PPC 4

Floating in Shadows - Week 43

I thought I had wept an ocean
my soul buried in its depths,
exhausted and helpless
tangled in seaweed dreams
that wound about me,
flailing impotent arms.

I am left floating in shadows of what might have been,
without the means to drown a love so misbegotten.

I thought I had tears enough
to sweep you away in waves,
overtake your heart and touch
your dreams and make them mine,
to carry you on a swell of love
and plunge us both in its tide.


My heart given to one unworthy in ignorance,
languishes in a pool of your indifference.



Written for "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" 

Week 43

Prompt - image of a woman floating in a body of water