reminds me of the coast,
a Santa Monica winter
where I grew up,
the ocean sprawled
Into those eyes edged
with sunset flecks,
that coastal shimmer
ghostly and beautiful.
You took the stars,
made them your eyes
when the sun fled,
I wonder if you see me
now as you once did
through that celestial lens.
Forever and reaching,
always reaching for you.
Our fingertips brushed once
like lover’s lips joining slowly
before becoming dark waves,
the night’s unstoppable tides.
Moonlight on your skin
reminds me of the coast,
Santa Monica before dawn,
where I grew up,
where a part of me
could recognize age
In the ocean’s constant turbulence,
into those eyes edged with
sunset flecks and old bonfires,
that blazing shimmer roared
once the sun fled from us.
Forever and reaching,
always reaching for you.
The stars left when you did
and I’ll never blame you,
I still wonder if you see me
through the same lens
I glimpsed your heart with.
I was always reaching but didn’t
try hard enough back then,
our souls brushed across each other
just once and maybe that’s enough
To make me always remember
the way the moon lit
forever across your skin.
Forever and always reaching.
