She used to swim a sea of chocolate swirl smiles
With sunrise dew feminine wiles
Wading through colors of surfboard fantasy - tidal wave closure
Tranquility....it never felt closer
Entwined in dreamless sleep and suspended
In ocean message bottled promises we could never possibly keep

Knowing this wasn't meant to last forever.

And sometimes - yes sometimes
I retreat back to safer water
Maroon myself on shores of Petron
And agree with me that life gets harder
When an 80 proof sunset gives weight
To eyes twice affected by the gravity of the stars
I used to frequent alone

"Come back", they whisper.

"I never left", I thought.

And in that instant
Never felt more like a liar
Never shown what I really want
Never believed
How naive
I truly was

That out of a million given
I never faked a single 'I love you'
And out of that million revisited
Only felt it once in passing
While she helplessly watched me drift above the ocean glass
Rippling the wake with a goodnight kiss blown in her direction
And a softly spoken promise of a morning return

But fate, it seems, is content with keeping this preserved

And tells me:

"This world wasn't made for the beautiful
Flowers wilt in the rain
And the angels...they only hang around long enough
To give a glimpse of an everlasting horizon just out of reach"
Heaven in the distance
Forgiveness beseeched - Eternal closure
Near you....it never felt closer
Entwined in dreamless sleep and suspended
In ocean message bottled promises
We never intended to keep.