Tears On The Beach Poem by louis rams

Sitting on the sand gazing at the ocean
Not even a ripple, no type of motion.
It was like my heart, dormant as can be.
So still, so silent waiting patiently.

You said that you loved me
And another there can never be.
But you had a roving eye
Something I did not see.

How easy it is for you to turn on emotions
But to any one person, you have no devotion.
So I just sit here with heavy thoughts and heavy heart
Wondering how we must part.

Your outer beauty attracts people to you
Like a flower attracts a bee
But what you hide deep within
No one person can see.

How is it that love can be so beautiful
And yet so blind, that to recognize it
Takes quite some time.

So I sit here on the sand, with my heart
Held in my hand.
Looking to throw it into the ocean
In hopes that it can wash away the pain
And my utter devotion.

Goodbye is but one word
From a voice that was never heard.