I hide from you within constructed confines
When all my pen writes is for you
Displaced memories blend with imagined sand between my toes
And the sun takes a dip in the sea
Collapsing far beyond the break where you lay.
Green eyes, soft brows, curving up in the middle
Asking for approval
Or maybe just to care
To take care
Of me
I wish I laughed more.
When the current held me under
I wish I remained calm
But instead you kept me
Attached at the edge of the bluffs
To your bony hip
You drove patiently across the dirt road
Strong fingers gently tap the wheel
Playing perfectly practiced melodies
I wish I sang
Instead of letting you rasp
I wish I can race you to the sea and lose
In stripped down sandy undergarments
That later will bleed through our clothes
Leaving stains in the worst places
Until the sun rings out our shabs and pins us to the clothesline
We never took good care.