Very nice. Some of the turns of phrase are really quite elegant: "Overtures of reconciliation were still made, through with less frequency as if part of some dying breed.’

The first paragraph to me seems to mix metaphors a bit. The first sentence seems to treat father/son as land masses with difficult weather between them. The second sentence treats father/son as though they are the difficult weather. The metaphor seems to jump to something new in virtually every paragraph. It would have been nice, perhaps, if an extended metaphor could have been used.

Wonderful suggestion August.
Fixed and republished!
I hadn’t noticed the shore/storm contradiction even after rereading/rewriting this so many times before publishing. It takes an outside eye sometimes.
Though I am sad to lose the phrasing I initially had. Oh well, we all need to kill our babies from time to time.

Infanticide!!!
The wording and metaphors in this piece were impeccable. It was detailed without being to forced, which was nice. I hate it when details seem out of place.

I really like the last two lines. They might be good fodder for a sequel. I will ponder.