2578

I would swim my body skyways

Tangled up in foamy white lace

Sidestroke, backstroke, breaststroke

Just to paint with you

I would drink up soft lakewater

Even swing your tiny daughter

Round and round in circles

Just to live with you

I would let you crack me open

Shiny mussel, light and floating

I still wear the pearls your

Mother gave to you

July forever, clear skies forever

Just you and I, before the war -

Would you sing to me alone again

in summer, at my blue front door?