Passages

The sandy cove was searing hot
In the summer heatwave.
My cabana the only shade
In the fires of summer.
She walked by me
I saw her shadow first
Then looked up at her
My boy man hormones in flame.
May I she asked?
So young lithe and beautiful.
Of course I say
but the breaking waves
and sea breeze whisper
Danger.... Beware …Beware …Beware.

I have not yet tasted
the pleasures of a woman.
Ignoring the warnings 
of the sea wind
Can this be the time?
The time for me.

My racing heart whispers
quietly softly be still...be still
The salty sea breezes speak
Let it be… it’s your time
…Let it be.

Later I writhed under her.
Between heaven and the sand.
My hand holding hers
As she led me
through the door of manhood.
My boyhood left me
draining into her
as I cried out
in its irrecoverable loss.

The waves rolled relentlessly
breaking on the shore.
Undulating to her rhythm
I drown in her soft gentle gifts
aching inside my body.
is this it is this it?
My soul asks

Then the roar
of the crashing waves
on the rocky shore.
Crashing like thunder.
The tender moment
As close as two humans can be.

Emotions older than time itself.
I hold her as a woman and lover.
She rises from me almost shyly
and says.. Thank you

A seabird cries above
Don’t leave , Don’t Leave.
But her footprints
are washing away
in the foam.

Just her indelible
memory remains
Imprinted forever
like a tattoo
on my young heart.