I would wait

 There was a time in my life

When I wanted to love you.

I wanted to hold you,

To melt in your touch.

I would wait by the sea

Because I knew 

That you’d always come for me.

I’d wait,

Shells in my hands.

Every shiny mussel—

Every little clam.

I waited every night

For you to call me.

I needed to know

That you could care.

So the night I sat

By that empty shore—

I knew you wouldn’t come.

You never did.

But still, I sat,

Each night,

Shells in my hands.

Every shiny mussel—

Every little clam.

The times of my life

Were all spent with you.

All of my joys,

Filled with the smell of 

Your perfume;

So tonight I wait.

I’ll sit by the shore,

I’ll fill my hands.

I’ll remember the way 

The sun hit your face:

A thousand rays of light,

And still I’d choose you.

Every night,

Until the sea pulls me in,

I will wait for you.

Even if I know

You never would.