Red Rock

red rock

i was there with you, seems
a dream or wake, years long ago.
 
the sage and oak give way to a
meadow that weaves down to a stream
and finds a swimming hole deep with
shadows from a canyon wall, the sunlight
sparkling on the meadow's side.
 
there, i remember you and i, floating,
eyes up backs arched, warmed by the sun
and cool in the clear water glistening, we
watched the leaves quake green, gold, and
silver, as we eddied silent in the wind.
 
today, as I looked to the hills above,
i recalled the dream the day you and I,
in the meadow on the water in the wind. 
there then, i was at peace complete, 
and love itself was life to me.
 
so did you make me feel those years ago,
and still now, in dreams or wake again.