In the sand
Like I’m a little girl
Again
/
I swim forth
Without looking back,
Trusting warm, silky waves
Again
/
I sit and stare
At sunset lights
Dancing with the moon
Into the night
/
And it’s as if
I never left,
And never aged,
And never died
/
Nine quiet deaths
/
I’m building castles
In the sand,
With dry old hands,
And a dry old heart
/
I swim forth
Without looking back,
Knowing the hells
I leave behind
/
I sit and stare
At sunset lights
That fade the way
All fades away
/
It feels like I’ve
Been gone forever,
And like I didn’t
Quite make it back
/
This – tenth – time