The Tide Poem by Carissa McBride

The Tide
The Spill Canvas
Verse #1

And there’s three
Count um three
Children playing on the beach.
They were eager to learn,
To be taught,
And to teach.
There’s Veronica.
She’s biting her lips as she watches the waves turn white at the tip.
And there’s Veta.
She’s radiating with joy,
And like a leash she still can’t stand the sight of a boy.
And lastly there’s Dave.
His hair dances in the wind
And he’s wondering
What love is.
And why
It has to
End.

And he didn’t understand
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends.
His mother whispers quietly.
Heavens not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive.
So live for the moment.
And take this advice
Live by every word.
Love is just a hoax
So forget everything that you have heard.
And live for the moment now.

Verse #2

And there’s three
Count um three
Children growing on the beach.
They were eager to learn
To be taught and to teach
There’s Veronica
She’s licking her lips
As she waits for her real first passionate kiss.
And there’s Veta
She can’t admit her jealousy
Of her sister veronica
And how she’s so pretty.
And lastly there Dave
Still sitting on the dock.
He ponders his life
And he
Skips his rocks.
And he wonders
When his father will return.
But he’s not coming back.

And he didn’t understand
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends.
His mother whispers quietly.
Heavens not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive.
So live for the moment.
And take this advice
Live by every word.
Love is just a hoax
So forget everything that you have heard.
And live for the moment now.

Forget everything

Verse #3

And there’s three
Count um three
Children missing from the beach.
They were eager to learn
To be taught and to teach.
But the sad thing
Is that they never lived past the age of fifteen
Due to neglect
From their mother
Who was bedridden from her ex lover
And their father.
And she didn’t even notice
Or pay much attention
As the tide came in
And swept her three into the ocean.
Now all her advice
It seems
Useless.

No heavens not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you touch her and you feel alive.
So live for the moment.
And take this advice
Live by every word.
Loves completely real.
So forget everything that you have heard.
And live for the moment now.