Poem: 'The Ocean'

 The ocean

Fresh waves collide ahead,

My toes slide through the moist sand below,

I pick up a piece of seaweed by my leg,

And drop it in the water as I go.

It seemed a shame, such a sunset and a wonderful sea,

But I knew this world would rise on as I said my last words.

I felt the water rising, suffocating my skin,

And up my neck.. This no longer seemed a sin,

I took a final view at the skies above me,

Waters became turbulent.. I could finally rest peacefully.

But just then, gazed down a young man who stopped me in my tracks,

As I sunk downwards I smiled up and him,

And he simply smiled back.
- Hannah Alley