as water beckons

Listen quietly, be still
a magical refrain is played
the sweetness of its notes embrace, become one.
a song, perhaps a child of oboe, piano
thoughts of two nurtured by water.

it surrounds, it comforts
with breath and laugh, saddened regret
balanced by lingering moments, lost
so very long ago, yet so close …caked with salt
it reminds, just as ripples seek their place.

a drop with purpose, takes notice …

forms on a leaf, hangs forever
frozen, contemplates …it is, therefore we are
falls with delight
remembering as it goes, yesterday and today
tomorrow too, so bright and oh so blue.

swirling drops dance together
brush by with giggles sweet and pure
fall to the ground, as memories
sponged by time, caressed with love
collect in pools cool and clear, waiting.

beauty wrapped in water, determined …

with constancy urging regret, moves on
gurgling for air, rolling with life
it always seeks a path, a wayfarer
clouded by time, nourished by sun
it calms, it speaks, forever.

as docile streams seek benevolent rivers
water begets oceans … calm seas
for you, and for me.
collective thoughts for sure, a light
revealed, standing with closed eyes.


the sound, like that of a loving voice …


with shell to ear, listen, feel
a warm touch that whispers with love
moments once, which calm the discourse
the fumbling rhetoric of life
and fills it with …

gulls dancing upon the wind, happy to simply be …
caps swirling with envy, vying for place, slapping with frolic in foam delight …
tides speaking in sweet rapture of time and place … the water echoes as
she speaks, he listens, to all that is and is not said … winds from afar
ignited by passion so long ago, shout with laughter and pure solitude … voices of family, friends … faces past and present, they speak within the waves, they are constant …rolling with purpose, eternal companions. “We are never alone, when with the sea” …


as water beckons
I sip what remains
of you perhaps, of me
always together, with hands and hearts
guided by the waves …

Definitely