Still She Waits

They say the sea remembers every promise ever made. She returned to the same swing, long after the footsteps had disappeared. The waves kept whispering a name only the wind could still hear. Her dress grew heavy with salt and rain, but hope never left her heart. Every tide carried a fragment of yesterday, yet never brought him back. The world moved on, while time stood still around her. In the silence between the waves, she found the courage to keep waiting. And so... still she waits...