Thoughts of you race through my mind,
causing emotional waves.
I ride the swells of lonely kind,
and search the shore for caves.
But tossed about my thoughts do tumble,
and cling to the raft I must.
For images, voices, whispers and mumble
do I for your bedroom lust.
A sea bird flies to the north I think,
towards a far off rocky spire.
With broken paddle I must not sink,
so steer on with heart a fire.
The sun would flare yet clouds do block
the torturous, maddening ray.
Instead from above the rain doth mock,
soaking me as well as the bay.
My mind is numb from wind and thought,
for you do wait ashore.
I fight the seas to be uncaught,
and struggle for the door.
The ship- my vessel- bodes not well,
for it has taken the abuse.
And try as I do to ring her bell,
the listing becomes obtuse.
To add to the folly, the wind roars back,
carrying the sound of your words.
I fight the tears, the mental attack,
and cringe at the laughing birds.
They fear not the storm, and fly from here
on the air that keeps us apart.
I follow their flight and my eyes do leer,
cursing them with all my heart.
But for love, I move.
The engine is down and so is the sail,
I am caught with the fickle drift.
Tiredly I grab a bucket and bail,
yet my heart begins to lift.
The boat is nearing my destine berth,
and you upon the dock.
But must I move heaven and earth
to touch your flaxen lock?
My mind is spinning on the chancy swim,
when you do enter the bay.
I could clearly see your sudden whim,
yet stood frozen in the darkened day.
Choking back a yell I cut the air
with my own defying dive.
We close the space, to close to care,
near death can bring one alive!
No cold, no rain- just your touch,
that's all I could focus upon.
No movement, no action- could be too much,
and we kissed that early dawn.
We rose and fell within that lair,
the storm- we would not part.
It blew on over and left us there,
two lovers with a life to start.
But for me, my love moved.
I carry ashore a sea soaked maid,
for whom luck has blown a kiss.
And together on the beach we laid,
knowing eternal bliss.
