By sassy
Date: 2005 Jun 03
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security

at night I lie in bed alone
and imagine myself
transported back over time and miles
to a night at the beach
so hot that sheets stuck to our sweat-slick skin
and we could bear it only so long.
We went out into the night
and curled up together in your mother's
candy-striped hammock and you rocked us,
in time with the tide.
I fell asleep breathing the sweet sting of the sea
and the warm thrill of you,
safe as a babe swaddled in
the arms of love.