Backstory
For my intro to creative writing class, we had to turn in a portfolio filled with 8-10 poems. Back to Cocoa Beach is a reverse poem meaning the poem is in reverse like how you would reverse a movie or a tv show from the beginning(I hope that makes sense) and is about my dad's wedding that happened last year.
I hope you enjoy it!
Back to Cocoa Beach
It was like the
ants coming back to the hill
As the water was
being pulled back into
The water bottle
Just like that
water in that water bottle
My tears rolled
into my eyes
As if never there
The words my
father and his new bride had said
Was taken back
like a bad joke
We all walked back
to the cars
Trying to get away
from the sand
That was heated up
by the sourcing Sun
Only for it to tag
team with the wooden dock
Digging into our
feet as it passed us
To the gravelly
road
Dusting our feet
to make room for the pebbles
Whose home is now
our feet until we make it
To the cars where
they decide they didn’t
Want to live there
anymore
Did our feet not
live up to their expectations?
One by one we
pulled out of the lot
Driving backwards
to the place
We got dressed at
We’re rushing back
into the hot sun
Back inside to
strip the fancy attire
Changing into
something more
Comfy
Like shorts and a T-shirt
Back to the cars
Back to the
clubhouse, we were staying
Me trudging around
looking for my bed
Instead of my
father
The sunrise turned
to a sunset as I went back to sleep
