Another stormy day
When the ocean causes that
Uncontrollable rise and fall
Within my soul
What is it that unsettles me so?
Here inside this place
That holds apart of my history
An angry face of someone
I used to know
Is once again remembered
And lonely tears are welled
Ready to be shed again
For pain that can be felt no more
Winter’s brewing in my mind
Once more
Bringing with it a chill
To edge my heart
Stopping the flow of true colours
From reaching out, and touching
Another’s pale cheek, drawing
Releasing new life, new warmth
To calm someone else’s ocean
At one time, in another place
Maybe another world
I dreamt I heard, that someone
Calling me,
Whispering across their
Stormy waves
Trying to touch something inside of me
Who ever it was
Didn’t reach me
But I know somewhere
They are still crying out
Across their ocean
Maybe one day, I’ll be there
Sharon Carter-Wray
(7th September 1990)