Once a part : new shore

You were once a part of me

And always will be

For the journey we took

Still continues

Maybe it is just too hard right now

For me to let go of the past

As anniversary time draws so near

To me

We moved on

It seems that over the intervening years

Continents rose and fell

As water covered the land

And so it was I felt myself to be

Almost completely swallowed

Within the belly of the whale

Gosh life is strange

We move on

And turn the page

And yet earlier chapters still linger

Somehow defining the perimeters

Of current time

Then in the midst of this reverie

A truth occurs to me

That perhaps grief and letting go

Is not quite yet done with me

And so I will surrender my soul

To these waves

Praying in time

They break apart

All of this mixed up feeling

In my heart

And with time

Carry me to

A new shore