Before The Skies Darken

Standing on the beach at sunset 
Looking at the reflection of the sun on the water
Looking down at his toes 
As they sank into the sand
Wondering what she meant 
When she said she didn't understand
Why he had to go before this thing 
Got completely out of hand
Couldn't she see he was never going to be
The man she thought he was
The man she said she knew he could become
Couldn't she see he was 
Always going to be exactly what he was 
Nothing was ever going to change that
No magic spell would ever lift that curse
It was a gift bequeathed him by his father
The father he had never known
His was a fate set in the bedrock beneath the waves
From the moment he was born until
The end of his days