i lost you in a crowd,

down along the quay

you were jubilant and laughing

from the easy spill of day

your dress and hair

were playing with the wind,

your eyes and lips

were smiling with the sun

you said something

that i couldn’t hear,

it sounded like a whisper

that floated by my ears

then i got pulled in

by currents swirling round,

then i got pushed in

by hurdles crashing down,

you found me all alone,

on the broken side of day

i was torn and listless,

like driftwood from the bay

my clothes and hair

were tangled with my skin,

my eyes and lips

were closed and thin

then i heard something

that you said before,

i recognized the sound

once smothered by the roar

it was the promise

that you whispered,

down along the quay

that we would sail

past the tides of time,

and then another day