blue-green   sunlit   tropical

water   sand

giving way under our feet 

walking water's

edge   surf

roars   hisses   with

its come and ago   hand

in hand

we walk   will walk   hand in

hand forever    fingers entwined

forever   if

only we find a sand

dollar whole   intact   a sign   a

silly notion   

~

sky turns to sunset

hues   air

chills quickly   hands

held that much tighter   finding only

broken

bits of wave

crushed shell   a silly notion   this   

luck

dependent love   silly that we

let ourselves play this

game   even

in jest   so seemingly benign in

sunlight   so damning

at dusk

~

early to bed   tired   sunburnt

only

to wake in the

small hours alone   i

know   

short of breath   heart

racing   skipping beats   i

know   

while i slept   she danced   danced 

and more   it was dangerous   this

game

of luck   though   so thin a

love as this    so easily broken   so

fragile   is not love

~

waves lapping gently around my

feet as i

walk water's edge   alone   happy

to be alone   i have sighed all i

care to

sigh   best to walk alone in

this chill air   in overcast   than to

walk in

sunshine with only hope between

us   i will miss the way she

loved

without restraint   restraint not being in

her nature   i loved her for

it   i love her still