ON THE BEACH

It was so long ago

but it feels like it wasn't.

I can recall

every aspect of that day.

The salty air

the cobalt sky

the sand in shoes

and the cheese fries.

We enjoyed them anyway.

We sat together

warmed by the other

and we silently swore

that it would be like this forever

together, we two

against whatever else would come.

We sat as one

on the train back home

complementing each others bodies

as lost-lost puzzle pieces

sibling parts separated

and reunited

finally.

We said - in our heads -

how we would maintain this

this treasure

of this day

this love

forever.

What happened?

Has it been so long

since those days?

Have we forgotten so much

about what we once knew

to be true?

Once

we were reunited

as if we'd been separated at birth.

And now

we are simply

separated.

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