Nocturne
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1 min readSep 30, 2018
A love song
So many sunrises,
Crepuscular moments,
Shared with you.
We wade now in silver seas
Shielded from sun-smacked waves,
The ebb and flow of distant days.
But remember the T’s, you say,
And smile for the thousandth time:
Thailand, Turkey and Taiwan,
And countless other trips
Tucked into the creases of our brows,
The shorthand of our lives.
We mention most the rivers:
The Thames, The Seine,
The Blue Danube, that wasn’t blue,
The Douro, Tagus and Guardiana,
The Rhine, the Main,
The wind along the wild Boise rapids,
The lolling yachts along the Arkansas,
Leading to the languid Mississippi.
We are nocturnal creatures
Anticipating sleep,
As we lie in each other’s arms
Sharing liquid memories of dawns.
