What we once had <br />Is forever lost. <br />The distance between us <br />That at once seemed mere miles <br />Is now a great gulf- <br />An ocean separating us. <br /> <br />We drift further with each wave <br />Spilling over our souls. <br />The current carries you closer to the shore <br />As I flow deeper, deeper into this sea <br />That we did not create. <br /> <br />We tried to save each other- <br />I threw a lifeline and you pulled us both under. <br />Choking, gasping for air we rose from the deep <br />Just as another wave towed me away. <br />You reached out for me but the force was too great: <br />We needed a strength neither of us possessed. <br /> <br />I feel your voice tugging at my heart <br />At night when I hear you calling across the waters; <br />I think you hear me, too <br />As we paddle blindly on this midnight sea.<br /><br />Marissa Rodgers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shipwrecked-10/
