SAMMIS BEACH II

Sammis Beach II

 

I cannot return to the place now

Where so many fond memories were made

Without a hint of sorrow

 

As the beach grass waves

And the sky light glints across the bay

I cannot see the children there

 

I feel longing, a hole as deep

As that  blue water which cradles

A powdered shell that once housed my brother's soul

 

It was just as he'd written his wish

He was returned to this serene place

Where so many fond memories were made

 

Where ever else I may find myself

I can remember his laughter and his wit

Without a hint of sorrow

 

But where the blue water meets

The sand that, as he boy, he played upon

My heart longs for his presence again

 

Then we would run

And sing and paddle and swim

Without a hint of sorrow

 

~Kathleen Beebe Waygood