Summer's Reach

The ocean glistens in it's march to the shore
The summer is 20 years past or more
The boy then, knew nothing about fear
He was kept safe in the arms of the tide
Rushing in, sanding his brown hair again
He laughed wildly at the splash of wave
Knowing nothing beyond that moment
Time stood still  back in those days
Where the summer never ended
Dreams were dreamt in color
Vivid as the mind's eye even now
Where those days had gone
Was still a mystery unforgotten
How those moments drifted away
They were replaced by sudden reality
Never a moment does pass after all these years
Does he not wonder who he was back then
Oh how his mind loves to wander freely
About the roads that led him from that place
The paths he took as the world shaped his soul
Many years passed, He did not smile at all
Lost who he was amidst the roaring winds
Though through all the trials put before him
Never he forgot about the place that made him
How far he traveled from innocence along the way
How many skeletons that wouldn't quiet at night
The Sun rose and fell many nights in passing
Of the once smiling, child there was no sight
Time moves like no man can see
And memories are elusive like falling stars
Yet he never quit dreaming upon the tide
Even as he was drowning, He still could see
That ocean tide in the blurry distance
He could once more smell the salty breeze
Some call it God, Others an epiphany
How the boy returned from the place without sound
How he salvaged the sinking ship, steering ashore
Waking upon the beach, he realized he had never left
For only his mind had moved, His body still in place
Waiting for him to return prior to the last sunset
God carries those back who grow weary to walk
May everyone find their sacred place again someday
Perhaps it lies right where it was departed from
Yet maybe it moved along with the tide
Believing in dreams brings them to life they say
And he kept dreaming until he found his way