Silhouette
Young
in might,
Fleet
of foot,
I
danced by the sepia sea.
Their
paddles light,
No
slipstream shook
This
gliding, glist’ning clarity.
Horizon
bright,
To me they
looked,
A
picture of intimacy.
Begrudged
by night,
How
fast it took
This
flirting silhouette from me!
©Philip Holden
2010
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