oak lintel
There was a time in my life
When I wanted to love you.
I wanted to hold you,
To melt in your touch.
I would wait by the sea
Because I knew
That you’d always come for me.
I’d wait,
Shells in my hands.
Every shiny mussel—
Every little clam.
I waited every night
For you to call me.
I needed to know
That you could care.
So the night I sat
By that empty shore—
I knew you wouldn’t come.
You never did.
But still, I sat,
Each night,
Shells in my hands.
Every shiny mussel—
Every little clam.
The times of my life
Were all spent with you.
All of my joys,
Filled with the smell of
Your perfume;
So tonight I wait.
I’ll sit by the shore,
I’ll fill my hands.
I’ll remember the way
The sun hit your face:
A thousand rays of light,
And still I’d choose you.
Every night,
Until the sea pulls me in,
I will wait for you.
Even if I know
You never would.
jovial hamlet
peak basin
teal current