Sense Sonnet - Acher

 First and Last Visit

Harbor beach in Trinidad town,

This is the first time I've been here,

This place where my daughter did drown.

It has been just over a year

They said my daughter on a whim

Made a reckless decision to

Go alone for a moonlit swim.

So sad, I guess it could be true,

Her lifeless body found afloat

In the waters I'm watching now.

At the railing I grasp my throat,

I have to get through this somehow.

Being here brings so much sorrow,

Grateful I'm leaving tomorrow.