Oysters by the Sea

Her eyes belonged to another from afar,
cats eye marble,
coast to coast;
she faded by seaside
with only a whispers lullaby
in her pocket.

Starfish in hand,
walking away from
visions she barely new;
memories were unspoken
in a mind that wanders
by the light of moonbeams.

Unattended, abandoned-
it was her only escape,
marked by gypsy ancestors
leaving oceanic waves was
a dance she knew well.

Tides will always turn
as tears become sand pebbles,
oysters of pearl gaze at her shadow;

upon a night when the unforgiving
fell mercy to the soul who broke
another promise....