"THE OCEAN"

"The Ocean"

The ocean is like my mother, which I never knew
She has always been here, and will be when I am gone
She has been here through all of time
Like any mother she has a way of washing away all of your troubles

I can tell her all of my fears and dreams
I tell her of all the pain that I have been through in my life
And not once has she broken my trust

I lay here basking in the sun
Feeling the warmth, the cool breeze upon my skin
Today she is calling me home,
And like any child, I will come with open arms wide open
To be wrapped in a mother’s embrace

It was a mistake to have ever left my mother’s womb. I tested the waters
And found I should have never come
When I needed love the most
I was left at birth to fend for myself
As a child I had no one to turn to

You took my innocents away too soon
You made me believe I was not worthy
You made me believe I deserved to hurt
You made me believe I was a mistake

I was a child so confused and hurt
I was abandon to face the world alone

As an adult I was left behind,
By the one, which needed me the most
You ask how do you know these things
Because I am that child
This world has turned it back on me too many times
Now I must turn my back on the world
I come from my mother’s womb, and today I return back to my mother’s womb
To feel safe and secure, to float in my mother’s embrace

Cathy T. Dennis
Copyright ©2001 Cathy T. Dennis