*We are islands, you and I,
two lonely islands at low tide.*
we are separate, yet, in this sea together
through rain, or shine, or any weather
*I see you across the ocean blue,
and I want to give my love to you.*
i know your shores i'll never reach
but the waves carry my love towards your beach
*You smile in the way that islands do,
and the winds bring your love back to me, too.*
we've learned to be happy sitting here
but the tides are changing fast, i fear
*I can't love you forever, only a moment in time,
because soon we will drown, come high tide.*
forever is a long time anyway
and i'm glad to have known you, if only for a day
*Please, don't be afraid when we sink;
there's less meaning in eternity than in a blink.*
know that i love you as we drown
i promise it's alright that we won't be around
*It's okay, because, one day, everyone's gone.
The ocean waves will continue on...*
i send my love to you once more
and the water rises above our shores
*We were islands, you and me,
two lonely islands drowned in the sea.*
© c.v. & J.E. DuPont
Jan 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 at 11:27 PM UTC
*We are islands, you and I,
two lonely islands at low tide.*
we are separate, yet, in this sea together
through rain, or shine, or any weather
*I see you across the ocean blue,
and I want to give my love to you.*
i know your shores i'll never reach
but the waves carry my love towards your beach
*You smile in the way that islands do,
and the winds bring your love back to me, too.*
we've learned to be happy sitting here
but the tides are changing fast, i fear
*I can't love you forever, only a moment in time,
because soon we will drown, come high tide.*
forever is a long time anyway
and i'm glad to have known you, if only for a day
*Please, don't be afraid when we sink;
there's less meaning in eternity than in a blink.*
know that i love you as we drown
i promise it's alright that we won't be around
*It's okay, because, one day, everyone's gone.
The ocean waves will continue on...*
i send my love to you once more
and the water rises above our shores
*We were islands, you and me,
two lonely islands drowned in the sea.*
© c.v. & J.E. DuPont
In case you were ever wondering why my name is Tide Islands on here,
this is it.
This is one of the only collaboration poems I have ever done in my life.
It's special to me because it was written by my fiance and I when we were teenagers.
(I am italics, he's regular font.)
Today is the anniversary of his death:
January 19th.
I apologize for his grammar (it was kind of his style), and the fact that this poem isn't really all that good since we wrote it when we were young, but I can't really change it now that he's gone.
I wish I had a date on this one, but unfortunately, I don't.
I never wrote the date when I was younger, which I really regret not doing.
But yeah.
