Cruel Sea

© Sadie Curlett / Tom Drinkwater 2006

I will go down to the sea
call your name where shore meets sky
carve your name in the black sands
with white pebbles I build a grave
for when you come back to me

I will wear the dress you picked for me
trailing cloth like hanging vines
I will walk barefoot on the cold rocks
until you come back to me
back from the cruel sea
back home with you holding me

I will wait here for you
waiting at the edge of the world
crouching where sky meets grey sea
trailing my hands in the cold foam
I will wait forever here
till the cold sea comes up for me
or until you come back to me