The lamplight glow,
your body a candle,
a sudden turn.
You shaded your eyes,
shaded them from the glow.
The twilight brought
a reverberation.
A flight of gulls,
the canopy flew.
You were exposed.
The sunbeam touched
your shoulder and scattered
in thousands of crystals
and your lips touched my arm,
lightly.
The light was the keynote on that day
and the sunbeams tossed the gold
into the heart of the sea.