Falling Into Line
Rolling Along the Line
Is this a dream, have I imagined every moment?
City mist at dusk.
The man under streetlight
Fell behind you. Even as you turned
Your shuttered blue eyes first
Caught his fall with pity.
Until you saw me. Knew me.
Or, at the water's edge
In the middle of a long duned beach
Your hair and arms
Like ropes thrown around a rock.
Or, again, rolling under streetlights, past the harbour
And on through the coast street night mist;
Making up lines for a poem: "And in the distance.."
Both feet balancing.
How did you end up facing me?
City mist at dusk.
The man under streetlight
Fell behind you. Even as you turned
Your shuttered blue eyes first
Caught his fall with pity.
Until you saw me. Knew me.
Or, at the water's edge
In the middle of a long duned beach
Your hair and arms
Like ropes thrown around a rock.
Or, again, rolling under streetlights, past the harbour
And on through the coast street night mist;
Making up lines for a poem: "And in the distance.."
Both feet balancing.
How did you end up facing me?
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