I suddenly feel free <br />like I've reached the top of the mountain, <br />but not the reaching that has turned the key <br /> <br />i suddenly feel released; <br />its the sight of the fair view sky <br />not the accomplishment, but the feast <br /> <br />i am openly found free <br />like the sky is no longer the limit <br />when that sad song plays, i feel un-marine <br /> <br />i groped for the sea <br />for so long a time as was not known to man <br />i lived an eternity in just two hands <br /> <br />blue was my color <br />and red was the blood that washed afar <br />on the horizon, for which my heart was bore <br /> <br />an empty whole <br />for an empty soul; for whom the bell tolls, Ask: <br />and I will answer, it is I <br /> <br />toll, troll, free! <br />every wave trolled its voice <br />by the Sirens I was mesmerized <br /> <br />rapid, commanding <br />now the Sea is but a memory <br />of what i used to hunger and crave <br /> <br />in all my lust for its gifts <br />i held in my hand a thing i would never own <br />It never came to pass, a tale, unknown <br /> <br />an empty whole <br />i stood on the sad, blue shore <br />though when the tide drew back <br />I felt as i hadn't before <br /> <br />an empty whole <br />now i am left unarmed <br />though i do not grieve for the Sea, <br />in my sky, i conceive i have not a single star <br /> <br />an empty whole <br />i truly loved the Sea <br />and now that I know he cannot love <br />I suddenly feel free<br /><br />Annie Cordelia Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-empty-whole/
