I want to believe the warmth will return

On this cold Autumn Beach,
I stare at the saves
and I don’t know if I’m looking
forward or backward,
in time,
but I remember
the warmth
and the life
that was here
and I want to believe
and I want to hope
that this season
of death
is only temporary
and I want to believe
and I want to hope
that the warmth
will return.

Bruce Whealton
October 31, 2009