frightening

than the way the ocean

kissed your lips twice as gently

 

as i did.

 

water and comets and tragic words

you'd not yet told me --

not yet written for me to find all these years later --

filled your lungs, but they were twice as overpowering

as my efforts to force air and life

and love

back in.

 

your soul left your eyes

and made love to the sea

in the way only dead men can.

 

 

ple