The Shores of Cancun

I rest here in this quicksand of sadness.

My towel filled, not of saltwater, but tears.

I'm searching for our happiness in dolphins.

My heart chases our memories through a child's

smile looking at an exotic iguana.

I can't help but feeling our cherished past

in the sky in which we flew.

I search for your reflection in the clear blue water,

but I see a starfish staring at me.

Here I am kicking the beach ball and it's

not bouncing back at me.

I feel you through the hot summer wind.

After all our trials, we keep coming back

to the shores of Cancun.

Speak to me through the colorful, speaking-parrot.

It told me to keep quiet, so I suspect it's you.

Please tell me that you're near the horizon of the sea.

Hoping you're looking back at me.

I keep swimming to the end of the sea, but I can't find you.

It's a clear black sky in a partying night at Cancun.

Each star that shines, I outline your name on them.

I'm speaking to you in my mind and the waves are

answering me back.

I stare at the campfire, playing with seashells.

There's so much reason for love to exist.

But where are you for that reason?

Wait a minute!  

Was that your loving face I saw through the fire?

No... I was mistaken.

Dangerous animals don't exist here.

No sharks appear in this heavenly ocean.

I climb atop a palm tree and look for you in the Cancun sky.

Jellyfish is not harmful here.

Please find your way through a school of fish.

So I could catch a fish and see a sign of you.

It seems like years ago that we came for our vacation

of happiness.

Reliving the happiness that once existed.

I keep coming back and visiting the shores of Cancun.



Missing you,

Cancun.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

To my step-dad

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