by Rylee Horjus
Sun setting over ocean waves
Unforgiving, unrelenting force
Rise, rise up ocean waves
I will never forget that day
When it all went away
My time swimming in the oceans
Gone in a flash
Swords swinging
Blood in the water
Nothing could save such brave souls
One-by-one cut down
Sun setting over ocean waves
Blood swept away by
Unrelenting, unforgiving waves
Swept away by the waves
That is all I can see as they die
I watch
Hear me out as I cry at their deaths
Saved by cruel fate and given a new life
One that when I dream, I dream of death
And how I could not save them
I cry in my sleep for my fallen comrades
This writing is part of a collection featured in the 2020 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest, an annual contest hosted by The Arts Council of Westerville, Westerville Public Library and the ThisWeek Westerville News & Public Opinion as one of many events organized by the Arts Council to mark April as “Celebrate the Arts” month in Westerville.
