Alexei

I write,

 

 

To hear the crashing of the stormy sea

 

Against a rocky shore

 

To capture the sound and the power

 

Of nature's majestic, defeaning roar

 

 

I write,

 

To feel the ecstasy

 

Of moments with loved ones shared

 

To joyful times I give these lines

 

Of happy tidings declared

 

 

I write,

 

To embrace the sorrow

 

Of hopes gone up in smoke

 

Of wasted years and countless tears, spent

 

Toiling in the dirt

 

 

I write,

 

Of beauty and grace

 

Of joy and of pride

 

Of sadness and pain

 

And the shattered remains

 

For on this page, within these words of mine

 

My heart and soul shall forever reside