Shipwreck

Still and abandoned,

Wrecked and forgotten.

By wave he's been tempted,

Long has he waited.

Waited for brave seamen,

And sail again.

Hey wait up!

We tend to pace when we’re stuck,

Down and up,

Slow then fast,

Our mind couldn’t keep up.

One can’t wait to leave the other behind,

To get rid of each other,

Both will cross the finishing line,

The competition, why even bother?

He who sat on the bench

Today was no ordinary day for me,

My coffee was perfect and light,

Although they never get my name right,
For the love of God,

It’s Jaime, not Jamie.

But that’s not the reason,

For my no ordinary day,

There’s this girl I’m seeing,

It’s been two years exactly today,

Since we first met in Berlin.

Her name is Elaine,

Poise and pretty,

Up until today,

I was never ready,

To give her my name.

I decided to walk in the park,

To clear my mind, thinking,

How to pop the question,

Then I keep walking,

Until I saw that bench, yes that bench.

It was summer 2003,

The last day of my junior high,

I remembered him vividly,

He who sat on the bench,

How fast time goes by.

I sat where he sat,

Trying to reminisce every detail,

What he was wearing,

To know what it’s like,

To be kept waiting.

He who sat on the bench,

What became of him?

Maybe I’ll never know,

But what I’m about to do,

I owe it to him.