I took a ribbon from your hair <br />tied it to the gunwale <br />Licked the curving edges <br />of your salty breasts <br />and we set sail… <br /> <br />The birds above <br />they sang for us <br />as the world washed below the boat <br />I saw the faces of ex-lovers there <br />in that quickly sinking sea <br />never to return again <br /> <br />The clouds were thin <br />the sky was pink <br />and the water was a mirror <br />I saw nothing then <br />but space <br />but moon <br />but you <br /> <br />Land ahoy <br />land ahead <br />the reflecting sea <br />burns itself into my memory <br />this calm and quiet moment <br />before what's next <br />before some great change <br />before forever... <br /> <br /> <br />(October,2013)<br /><br />B.. Alexander<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-reflecting-sea/
