Vanished At Sea.

-Vanished At Sea.-

Sweat was beading across her forehead in late July,
As she stood on top the cliff, looking amongst the sun,
A star caught on fire, drifting through the sky,
Burning her shoulders as the day begun.

Mossy grasses embroidered the rocky ledge,
The smell of musk gently wafting around her,
Dirt covered shoes standing still in the the sedge,
As she looks down below toward the calming sea.

The middle of nowhere, vanished without a trace,
A needle flinging side to side, pointing toward the South,
Standing on top a lonely cliff, fear imprinted on her face,
As silent screams entrap themselves inside her mouth.

Night fades in as day whispers its' good-bye,
A compass shattered along the rocks at her feet,
Fire crackling along to her tears hushed lullabies,
A broken angel, enlaced on the burning concrete.

© Jenna Elphick
October 3, 2006.