Skipping stones across the blue
Sharing holiday
laughter and fun
When amidst the joyful
splashing
It hit me like a bullet
from a gun
Why was I playing childish
games?
With a girl who was built
to stun
So I looked at her and
smiled
Took her hand and
called her Hon
Then we walked
barefoot in the surf
Holding hands beneath
the sun
On a day neither of us
would forget
When our first love had begun
Love is layered,
Sedimentary
Each layer secured
By the one above
Love is not shallow
Love is deep
And does not lay
Beneath a fragile
crust
If not for you and your love
I would have no life, no existence
Beyond loneliness, if not for your love
I would have no reason to breathe
Beyond you
I have no interest
Our courtship
Makes me complete
I waste no breath
On the mundane
I breathe only for you
Beyond you
I have no interest
I see you only,
Through laughing eyes
With my tunnel vision
I have no interest
In seeing the world
I see you alone
Are you wearing chiffon?
So you’ve chosen
style over substance
But you won’t hear
me complain
As transparency
tends to enhance
There is knowledge I need to know
In short, I need
know the outcome
Because if tin
whistles are made of tin,
What are foghorns
made from
