She looks out at the sea, her lonely retreat,
welcoming cerulean waves around bare feet.
With reluctance, she plucks the ribbon from her hair,
releasing a bittersweet song into salty air.
Silently, she cried to the tide in harsh tones -
never in her life had she felt so alone...
But when only the stars examined her fears,
she abandoned her senses, made deaf her ears.
Her tears began to well, crimson dew upon both cheeks,
as the lies bled through her soul and yet love would not cease.
She cried and she screamed, releasing all but hatred -
for this girl could not show an emotion she berated.
Betwixt her fragile fingers and between her little toes,
sand sifted through like memories forgotten as one grows.
And this ocean was her friend, consuming her dismay,
waiting for the moment she said, "Take it all away."