Memory Tides
Was that yesterday or last year
my mind wanders now
You were here laughing
your smiling face
turned to the sun
We walked along the shoreline
and we kissed
Was that real
or just another trick of memory
The seagulls mock me
with raucus glee
calling and fleeing as I turn
the sand feels cold under my feet
and the sea colder
I thought it would be warmer
Or was that yesterday or last year
There is another on the beach
She walks with aimless abandon
Like me
Perhaps she too is lost
Strolling on a beach of memory
Close to the sunshine of her past
She too stops at the Gulls taunt
Looking but not seeing
before returning to her own tide
The wind gusts
And I remember
your hair
Tossed and swirling in the breeze
Giggling
as a wave caught you by surprise
was that you
was it me
was it yesterday or last year
Copyright © David Wallace | Year Posted 2011
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