by Dan Gasser on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 9:18pm
Is the pitch black darkness of the night
A radiance glows from a far away distance
A slow throbbing shine over the water
Make me realize how close I really am
Its a pleasant sight to see after so many days
Or weeks it could be for I have no recollection
Of when I awoke after drifting since it happened.
Everyone else gone in one swift sweep
It came from nowhere across the sea
Like God's broom sweeping us to the depths
Completely off guard the wave struck swiftly
The pain of that moment still haunts me to this day
Wife and child snatched up right in front of me
I can still hear the faint screams being smothered
Smothered by the 20 feet of water that crushed us all.
I remember seeing them both through the hazy mist
I tried to save them, I swear I did
I swam with all my might pulling oceans towards me with each stroke
Kicking tidal waves behind me going as fast as I could
I should have gone faster, I should have been stronger
I screamed their names, I screamed their names again
Finally I arrived and there they were
There they were but without expression.
It should have been me..they didnt deserve it.
Hours went by drifting out in the open
Mind seesawing as the white crests broke upon my chest
I couldnt count the days I was hoping for it to end
When I awoke to see the slow strobe off in the distance
As it came closer with each rise and fall
I could hear them laughing in the winds
They laughed with love, love for life itself
Love for the adventure of being on the edge
The laughter gradually softened and became a whisper
The whisper of comfort and words of wisdom beyond their years
The light is there for you Dad, Its there for you Honey, I hear them say
We know you tried you always tried they say, but it was time.
As the light shines down upon me I can see the truth
The beacon of hope for all in the sea
Countless lives saved by this outcropping of love
It saved mine this day or I would still be drifting in my own desparate sorrow.
A radiance glows from a far away distance
A slow throbbing shine over the water
Make me realize how close I really am
Its a pleasant sight to see after so many days
Or weeks it could be for I have no recollection
Of when I awoke after drifting since it happened.
Everyone else gone in one swift sweep
It came from nowhere across the sea
Like God's broom sweeping us to the depths
Completely off guard the wave struck swiftly
The pain of that moment still haunts me to this day
Wife and child snatched up right in front of me
I can still hear the faint screams being smothered
Smothered by the 20 feet of water that crushed us all.
I remember seeing them both through the hazy mist
I tried to save them, I swear I did
I swam with all my might pulling oceans towards me with each stroke
Kicking tidal waves behind me going as fast as I could
I should have gone faster, I should have been stronger
I screamed their names, I screamed their names again
Finally I arrived and there they were
There they were but without expression.
It should have been me..they didnt deserve it.
Hours went by drifting out in the open
Mind seesawing as the white crests broke upon my chest
I couldnt count the days I was hoping for it to end
When I awoke to see the slow strobe off in the distance
As it came closer with each rise and fall
I could hear them laughing in the winds
They laughed with love, love for life itself
Love for the adventure of being on the edge
The laughter gradually softened and became a whisper
The whisper of comfort and words of wisdom beyond their years
The light is there for you Dad, Its there for you Honey, I hear them say
We know you tried you always tried they say, but it was time.
As the light shines down upon me I can see the truth
The beacon of hope for all in the sea
Countless lives saved by this outcropping of love
It saved mine this day or I would still be drifting in my own desparate sorrow.
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