Salty wind grazes his skin,
Embracing the ocean in his eyes.
Staring at the infinite horizon,
With memories from another life.

She would wait at the shore,
A small cottage by the sea.
Lullabies from distant waves,
And untold stories in the breeze.

She hummed a tune for her sailor's return,
Aware of the dangers and the deep.
She sang her song to the ocean,
That made the mythic sirens weep.

He still remembers the day he returned,
The cottage in the distance, hazy like a dream.
He searched for her, months and years,
But her sea green eyes were never seen.

Not once did he visit her grave,
never knowing what happened to her.
Memories of her still float ashore,
As he could never love another.