Skip Tide

[Dream Wench]

Skip Tide

All the footprints left before

vanished when she stepped

and all the heartbreak stored within

healed up as she slept

The cloudy new tomorrow

turned into shored up tears

while tiny little crab claws

pinched away her fears

A mean tide knocked her under

then sent her out to sea

but she encountered a Skip Tide

and it gladly set her free

It pushed her body back to shore

and placed her on the chair

the sandburn made her cheeks quite red

and a Starfish hugged her hair

A shadow blocked the sun away

as a stranger held her gaze

he told her of his Skip Tide

and how he'd "been kept for days"

As dusk moved in and closed its eyes

he asked her to "go for a ride"

before she answered he was taken away

by a Hungry Skipping Tide

C May 14 2004 Dream Wench