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Ride Out The Storm
“Ride out the storm!” he called to her Thru the starless night “Calm is just beyond the horizon…”
Holding fast beneath the tattered canopy She clung to his words Prayer upon her lips Winds billowing her garments As sails
Mist wrapped her in a glistening cloak “Take my hand before we perish….” Whispers lost to fear and thunder
For days the rains cascaded Surges of heaving ocean wrath Showering not a shred of mercy Upon two travelers lost in time
They had embarked upon a journey Without charting first their course Leaving to chance their fate And now it had come to this!
The restless moon was powerless Against such raging torrents Black night skies prevailed Days were grim with claws of sun That splintered with the mast
Determined waves reached out for him Hurling threats with muscular arms He fought their might Fearing he would weaken, Yet she trusted his strength To guide them thru the fury
Sheltered, she watched helplessly His struggle for survival
“Don’t leave me here!” she cried frantically And as the ravenous sea devoured, The final image in the blur of her vision Was his mass of salt-soaked hair Blending to boiling oblivion And then he was gone
She was alone! Feasting tides raged Insatiably raking her skin
For moments that seemed endless doom She held tight and cowered then wondered For what reason did she wrap her Stiffened fingers about salavation of blistering steel Cold as her silencing heart Loneliness was senseless cruelty Life would be futile
Suddenly she was lifted to heaven Up up high into the clouds She bathed in gentle currents of air As the winds grew meek And stroked her, drying the past; The storm had ceased for her entry Into a place of peace
There before her wisps of blue light Shimmering thru a swirling haze Beckoned soothing voices “The calm….” Recalling his words She bowed her head and wept
For if only he had shared her faith Together they would have dwelled In Forever
©2002 Victoria Rose
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