Cupid's Chokehold

Foamy waves rise and crash into the sand,
Erasing footprints in a long forgotten shore.
Once white beaches where we walked hand in hand,
now exist as a fading image in our memory's core.

Melancholy birds fly overhead, singing a sorrowful song.
I remember that day clearly, burned into my mind -
you said you wouldn't be gone too long,
kissed my cheek, leaving true love behind.

A knock at the door interrupts my daydream,
images of our family - what lies ahead.
I opened the cold wood door to your smile,
and grew weak in the knees, falling into your arms.
A haunting love once lost and confused - renewed.