THE STRANGER ON THE SHORE !
I LOVE THE SEA ~ and have mainly lived
On the COAST ~ East & West ! I love to stroll
Along the BEACH at Dawn & at Twilight.
Often Im alone and it is very .......
Therapeutic to listen to the roll
of the waves and the scrunch of the Shingle !
One day ~ ten years ago ~ in the Evening
At Yarmouth I saw a Young Lady in .......
A Long White Dress ~ A Stranger on the Shore !
She looked wistful & ephemeral as ........
She gazed out to Sea. When I spoke to her
She said \"I am waiting for my Husband\"
I continued to walk on and as I
Looked back there was a huge wave drenching her
And out of the Sea a Young Man seemed to
Appear ~ took her arm and they disappeared
into the Sunset ! I was quite shaken
And recounted ~ in the Hotel ~ what I had seen.
Ahhhh the Receptionist said ~ you saw Pearl
Her Husband drowned ~ On their Honeymoon last Year !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡
This poem is presented as a Blank Verse 6 6 6 2 DODECET
in iambic pentameter ~ 10 syllables per line ~ OK
The story the Receptionist told me really made me cry
and I will remember it until the day I die ~ especially
because of what I saw. Pearl & Her Husband JAMES
arrived late after their Wedding ~ they were tired and
spent most of the next day in Bed with Room Service.
In the evening they went down to the Beach were
James decided he wanted a swim. According to Pearl
he swam out of sight and never returned ~ His Body
was never found ! Pearl was heart broken and refused
to leave the shore ~ every evening calling out to James
I LOVE YOU ~ PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK HOME TO ME !
She didnt eat or drink and after three weeks they found
Her dead of a broken heart lying in the surf ~ RIP PEARL !
Many guests have reported seeing her Crying on the Shore !