I wanted to see a swirling ocean
with swells that rip me away
instead it was silent,
almost at a loss as how to live
the way you were
when you told me how sad life was

You couldn’t see leaves falling
or snow melting
or flowers wilting
or summer ending
without thinking of tomorrow
like a garden that never was

But we decided on a sunset
and how it never says goodbye
melting into the bay
painting the sky
no matter how long the night
the morning is what the past never was