Ocean Park (4/10/11) Poem by Ryan Cole

I no longer live in Ocean Park

Though I am never far from that place

Kept close in the quiet corners of my heart

Instead it seems I spend my days in passing

From a place I do not love to somewhere I don't want to be

And in my dreams there is you

So far away

Farther even than Ocean Park

With it's salt sting and morning fog

Known far too well

I dream of you, your eyes, your hand

The gentle hint of your smile

Replacing Ocean Park

In the quiet corners of my heart