I watch as the tide comes in,

 it brings me another day.

The one I've just left behind,

misty image called “yesterday.”

Oh, if you could be here now,

I know you'd make me smile again

and bring me warm, sunny days

from this cold, dark autumn rain.

You left me two weeks ago,

Houston-bound as your plan.

You said, “I just need some time;

I'll be back, babe, when I can.”

And I just stood and stared

and let you slowly walk away,

thinking if I should hold you now,

could I ever make you stay?

A void where once was my heart,

cold grows the touch of my hand.

As faith is replaced by doubt,

loneliness becomes my friend.

And memories are swept away

as if swallowed by the sea;

 leaving only today behind,

with tomorrows that aren't to be.

I watch as the tide rolls out,

it takes 'way another day.

This one that I leave behind

filled with sadness and deepened pain.

And if I can't have you, no,

 I'll not see the Sun again;

but cast my Soul up and out,

to be taken by the Wind.

 Bridgette Rodriguez
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