Tidal

aquamarine
and lapis and indigo
and lapis
and cinnamon chocolate
and a peachy pink
and the sweetest exhale.

wanting to breathe it in,
the salt and ocean,
the caress of the wind,
the slide of the sand,
the warm water
and the cool leaves.

a turn,
surprise,
and thick eyelashes,
catching and stumbling
and inhale
in curved silk,
and an inhale.

so close,
the wind murmurs,
so very close,
the waves whisper,
so far,
the hand begs.

the tendons move,
just under the skin,
so delicate,
a conservation of energy,
an efficient bend,
so strong.

the pulse rushes
from the ear
from the shell
from the body
from the blood
from the heart.

breath and breeze,
sun and moon,
rise and fall,
beginning and end.
what do you want?
keep still,
under the fronds.

Who do the waves belong to?
who belongs to the waves?
i only belong to you.