These tears I shed, <br />create the ocean, <br />that has become my life <br /> <br />I am stranded at sea, <br />without a life jacket, <br />and no rescue ship in sight <br /> <br />From angry shores, <br />to rocky cliffs, <br />dark waters chill my heart <br /> <br />Washing my sad spirit, <br />out to sea, <br />a castaway from the start. <br /> <br />I long to be, <br />a graceful bird, <br />on wind ward flight <br /> <br />Escape from these, <br />dark stormy seas, <br />until the mornings light <br /> <br />And rest my weary soul at last, <br />on distant shores tonight<br /><br />Lynne FincherSpringarden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/distant-shores-5/
