Friday, June 14, 2024

Dancer in the sand May 31, 2024

 

I can no longer

Come here

And not think

Of you,

Dancing in the sand,

Around a may pole

Even though

It was November

Not may,

A nymph,

A sprite,

Born out of

The incoming waves

The need to move

In order to be moved,

To celebrate

A private moment

With private people

 In order to

Celebrate yourself,

The pole, the sand,

The waves,

All part of this

Ethereal dance

You are destined

To perform

As if dictated by

The gods, long ago,

Who foresaw this place

This time, and you,

And knew if I saw it

I could feel the pangs

Again

Of what once was,

What ceased to be,

What never was,

I can no longer come here

And be free of your spirit,

Layon on the white caps,

That crush against

The gray stones

And pale sand,

Your foot prints

There, then not there,

Replaced my mine

As I ache to follow.

 


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