Ocean's Edge

I title this poem, Ocean's Edge, because my mom was given the strange nickname, OCEAN, by my father. We grew up hearing it, so used mom and ocean interchangeably.

Anyone close to us kids, ended up calling my mom, Ocean. Needless to say, she was not always thrilled with a bunch of teenagers approaching and then greeting her with, "Hi Ocean!"

Ocean's Edge represents the unending and deep sense of loss experienced when you lose your mom and one of your best-friends at the same time, And the slow and painful process of acceptance that gradually develops and is on-going.

Ocean's Edge

a bottomless pit

a frozen crevasse

like the still black night

the ocean's edge or

lifelong friendships-

  limitless!

love for a child can never

be destroyed.

an enduring bond of soulmates

exists forever

time can't be measured

  so marches on

stars can't be counted

  and galaxies expand

space is continual, it

  can't be grasped

the Sun

ever present 

a monument

it stands

things without measure times

without end

Voices

Memories

Love Remains.

Love makes its home in the heart's

deepest places

resides though inactive

still

quiet

in solitude and pain

how joyous the memory

how deep the love

how rewarding the knowledge

of what once was

a empty place

an endless space

Yet fueled by love

Grief exists

A Beautiful Tribute.