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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