SITTING BY THE BAY


A girl sits by the bay
Looking across the water
The moonlight flickers on the waves
Time passes silently

She dreams of love
Of the touch of another
The rock below her
Hard and unrelenting

Tomorrow, what will come
A journey to the stars
Travel from here
Nothing is certain

A woman returns to the bay
Remembering dreams
Of what might have been
Realizing life isn't always actuated

Still she dreams of things to come
Events and challenges
Now she has lost another
The passing of time, becomes the passing of friends

A tear, a laugh
Memories forgotten but not lost
Love is like the tides
Always returning then receding

She has been strong
There was no choice
Again her strength rises
And she leaves the rock behind


Michael V Hechtman