i fell in love with a boy
who belonged to the sea
and each night, when the sand
of the long stretched bay
appeared pale beneath the moons
gentle cascading light

i would visit him

he would tell me stories
all about king titans wrath
of how the ocean floor seemed
so perpetually neverending to him
or of how certain 
shells twinkle iridescently
beneath the suns cutting rays

his hair resembled that of the sand
smooth, and warm with the same specs
of color that his piercing eyes held
i wanted to join him
swim beside him
fighting as one against the chaotic
waves that the water, and life had
in store for the both of us

but the universe didn't agree
with the same dreams that
i had so desperately longed for

the sky churned up a storm
one of such high calliber
that it had mailboxes
and sheds being uprooted from the soil

i traced the streaks of lightning
with my shaking finger tips
whispering prayers to no one but myself
that the boy who granted me such peace
would be protected from any damage
that could be bestowed upon him

i went that night
as soon as the sun lay to rest
inside of the eroded valleys
of it's rocky terrain

i fell to my knees in an instant
once my eyes were cursed enough
to fall to such sight

his body was washed up upon shore
the storm having seemingly wiped him out
his soul, which had been as
soothing as a mother's lullaby
had been stripped from him
through and through

but he was still the same boy
that same boy i had found myself
lingering to like a clumsy child
finding solace in those deeply drawn lines
that laid scattered about on his palms

i let a cry rip from my throat
my sorrows drowning away
in that same cruel body of water
that stole my one and only love from me

the sea howled against the banks
as i stared down upon
my wilting lovers lips
blue and tainted with death

why?

why did this have to happen?

the sky continued sheddings its tears
colliding well with my own
masking my wails of pain

it was all over now

the universe decided upon it's decision
i was cursed to live out
the remainder of my days
without the boy from the sea