Secret Place

I found my life in the place all lovers know,

where we pause, coming back to ourselves, after being another;

here I found it. 

Wave after wave of limestone river,

in a grey sky, grey air,

homely reeds,

leading down to the beach, 

where dark sand meets a darker sea,

and divulges its secrets. 

Here is the truth; I waited for you there,

but after, I slipped into the water, naked,

'till the cold rose up in my soul.

Let salt carry me away to a distant time,

one where we live in peace,

one where you come to me, on the beach,

and we swim,

never fearing, 

the storm clouds,

awaiting on shore.