that fateful day
feels so long ago
when love left tracks
bare toes and heel marks
where we had walked
depressions in wet ocean sand
touched by impressive love
we stood watching
hand in hand
staring out to sea
we felt the ruptured earth quake
beneath our naked feet
standing there just above corruption
we waited together
knowing what would surely come
expectant we envisioned a tsunami
waiting for derision to carry us away
that awesome correcting tide
ripping us apart
somehow we both knew
what had been such a peaceful beach
intentional love
we both felt
left us full of regret
love could never last
watching the virulent sea rise
uplifted beneath the virtual sun
we witnessed ritual moon beams
little comfort it seems
since yesterday was done
that rising tidal wave
rushing so far inland
change from what had been a placid sea
rearranged we knew the end was near
a regressive change in you and me
as progressive death bore that wave
tearing us limb from limb
grave love flowed o'er that beach
still we bravely held hands
but novel love faltered
drowning us in that ocean breach
peerless love betrayed us
though it had seemed fearless and sweet
still we were too often falling hard
upon a sodden ground
like a rotting peach
love decomposed there
love imposed its fate there
like some unfathomable ocean sound
once unhalted love had found us
caressed by unfaltering love
we had freely flown around
but then expectant love
discontentedly tore us apart
as we walked upon that respected beach
as each torrential wave roared in
flooding that opulent reach
we both slipped and drowned
potential love turned tail
swimming far out to sea
on that failed and tragic day
when we both died
like a slaughtered sacred cow
our crying hearts
stopped beating
but fleeing love
leaving us in bitter parts
had somehow set us free

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