Meet You There

late september dappled sun, the mendocino coast

with lovers drinking wine while lavender and thyme weave through the air

I can’t wait to meet you there

If your sorry shoes could one by one across the violent waves

and into milder water you would see I tried to care

I can’t wait to meet you there

two of us gathering turquoise treasure

now, laden tokens of time together

love you, knowing as the waves lay broken

and the sun sets golden on our trail,

this ocean can’t erase our moment

come and past but ever cast in stone

and scattered out across another shore somewhere

I can’t wait to meet you there