the quayside,
you were a light
An d
I, a reflection, lay across the river
and denied
You were transfixed on me
and I was mesmerized
And names were whispered
to and by
You and I
The tides began to steal away from
morning light
As night receded,
river waltz seemed to grow high
Then you climbed down into my
arms and closed your eyes
When we awoke, we had been drifting
We didn't mean to go to sea,
we didn't mean to drift away
We never planned to upwind thee
But still the sea took us away
We saw no lands on the horizon
No distant shores along the fray
Yet all the more we
found ourselves
When we got lost at sea that
day
Timbers creaked,
all else was quite unrelieved
Except the infant waves that licked
and lapped along the eaves
It had to dawn on us our truth
had been believed
Beyond all lies and jealousy
We sailed high, wind half -mast
To north towards the edge
Of our dreams, grateful borders
That matched our speed to stay
The afternoon was bleeding to death
And soon the sky was racing red
To see the stars remove
their hats out of respect
We didn't mean to go to sea
We didn't mean to drift away
We never planned
to upwind leave
But still the sea took us away
We saw no lights on the horizon,
no distant shores along the fray
Yet all the more we
found ourselves
When we got lost at sea that day
An d I say
You