The waves carry you and I to meet

each creeps a little closer to my feet

 

                              I am waiting inside the rain for you.*
 

I retreat, stung by approaching tide

I turn my back and try to hide

 

                            The blistered, bitter rain that engulfs me.*
 

Hopelessly pulled back, my mind

succumbs to salty kisses entwined

 

                             I am drenched by your love,*
 

Turn again with depth and force

of emotion from tempestuous source

 

                            untamed waves rear up and smash*
 

Thrown up, storm torn and broken

an inevitable part of loves token

 

                             against the cruel rocks of time.*

 

Crashing a backspray rainbow

Lapsed momentum in your undertow

 

                                            And I will ride the tide,*

 

Come back again and smooth me round

to just the way I was first found

 

                                        Until the water takes me.*

 

Honour my heart into sandy grain

and wash away this endless pain

 

 

* Anthony 2011

 

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