7/4/13

Widow's Walk
By Deborah Burch


My Captain! Oh, my Captain! Captain, mine!
The sea, a wretched temptress, rolled you deep.
She's kept you from me, squandering our time.
How long before you're free this vixen's keep?

Each day, in vain, I walk the roof top watch,
while searching the horizon for your sail.
At night, by lantern light, I touch each notch,
Where last you carved our names within the rail.

By candlelight, I read the letters sent,
about the journey's quest and your return,
of travesties and sickness relenting,
Oh how my love, eternal, for you burns.

Tonight, upon the widow's walk I stand...
The moon reveals your footprints, in the sand.


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Deborah Burch is a multi-faceted talent. Accomplished in the arts of voice and song writing, she dabbles in the field of acting. She is also an accomplished horsewoman who has trained horses for international competition. Her wild life prints decorate the walls of many venues in the US, Europe and Canada. She has spent her life thus far in tending those in need. Nursing has provided the bread for her table. Writing is her joy, and the tool she uses to re-find her sense of self.