Leap

Annulled at midnight
This day destined to return
In four years from now

Pullman

Rolling through the night
The rhythm of the train tracks
Rocking us to sleep

Treasure

Winter shore winds blow
Swirling my daughter’s hair as
We search for sea glass

Return

Salt hangs in the mist
The bell from a channel buoy
Guiding me back home

Napping

A lazy Sunday
You, dozing on the white couch
Lovely as ever

Beginnings

We walk the worn paths
Of an unexplored landscape 
The first of many

Shadow

The crook of my arm
Cradling ebony silk
Purring in my ear

Millstone

Old memories found
In the back of the closet
Hiding in the gloom

Contentment

In our bed, half asleep
The years of comfort found in
The space between us

Alone

In the lone white oak
A solitary squirrel
Calls out for its mate