Adieu Poem by Doris Cornago

You came on the crest of a wave
Eyes blazing like a pair of hot coals
Seared me by sight and caught me
In between tins of your pitchfork

Couldn't escape as you pinned me
Down by the strand of coarse sand
Am an immobile maiden halfstrung
You were smooth, sleek and distant

Come another season of playing ball
A maiden no longer afraid after all
Yet the sea beckoned you once more
Packed up gear, pitchfork, bid adieu.