By the time And the wave

By the time
And the wave
Dragging me every day
From slumber to quit

Yet nothing washes away
Your imprint in my ways

Rowing the press of your loving arms
Under my skin
I am your paper held so dearly
In the bottle in the sea

The message only keeps me
From going under

You never wonder how or why
I always ask if
As I watch reality unfold

Gestures replayed and directions forked
Follow all of you, wherever the path
I wonder which, and when and

Tell me again of the days we met
Although I don't remember where I have been

Moving from you to you.

Speaking truth, dare I say,
Speaking fully, till our heart's no more
The corner where blind love and piercing sun
Make home

A rising tide and kingdom gone
A corner engulfing lives, from Charybdis, however

Still the stepping stone.
Climb a monster's way. A length of longing.