#beachhousepoeming

beyond the rolling waves

I mourn the dying

falls silent

crow fethers

falling light

as rain

the moon

whispers secrets

only the

stars can

a bending was done

a force applied

unseen

unnoticed

at some point in time

an altering of perception

a change of direction

unfelt

unreckoned

a bending of lines

a distortion of mass

a gravitational event

unbalanced

unsteady

I am forever bent

there are secrets hiding in the night

dancing in the guise of sweetest dreams

knitting their way into my deepest sleep

misplaced visions of a place unseen

Tread lightly into my slumber

tiptoe across the creaking floor

take care not to wake me

 slip softly beneath the crumpled sheets

slide silent between my waiting arms

hold tight my heartbeat in the darkness

 and let me dream forevermore

sitting on the porch

with a sea breeze

cutting thru the heat

of a summer evening

listening to the quiet

drinking too much beer

remembering old things

without the weight

of wondering if those

memories are better

left forgotten

There is an ocean mist about

drifting in from a cold winter sea

whispering softly through the cedars

in a glowing emerald spray

 It sets in the mind as a peaceful refrain

dancing to the music of the

gently falling rain

 I painted you

from memory

on a canvas held

taut with time

 gentle strokes dipped

in the textures of

your touch

colors dripped

from the palette

of my mind

 I hung it on

an empty wall

lit candles on 

either side

a faded bright

against the night

to chase away

the gloom

 now my heart

is not alone

when twilight falls

and darkness calls

upon these

empty rooms