Devoured Tide

The ocean bit deep through ash and bone,
Dark waves rehearsed a final scar.
A ruined pulse stood there alone,
Beneath a bruised and burning star.

The horizon cracked with molten breath,
Cold thunder stalked the bleeding shore.
Each breaker carried hints of death,
Dragged old vows through salt once more.

Black sand consumed the weakened frame,
The tide denied one final plea.
Grief moved slow without a name,
Carved its mark through storm and sea.

Clouds swelled hard like clenched regret,
Wild currents pulled the spirit thin.
One heart still fought the drowning net,
Though ruin pressed its teeth within.

The sun sank low through copper haze,
The ocean fed on fractured trust.
Lost years dissolved beneath the blaze,
And love collapsed to ember dust.

Still dawn will rise beyond this seam,
Past wreckage, foam, and severed art.
The shore will guard one fading dream,
Where storms once fed a fallen heart.