summer toes

i pressed my ear to your chest
and i swore i heard the sea
just beyond your heart
a beating of the waves
one
        after
                another

tell me the water is warm
let me dip my summer toes
into the depths of your soul

tell me the moon won't change your tides
for the moon is inconstant
wavering month by month

i’ll dip my summer toes
to the bottom of the sea
but you
you will be pulled back out
too far to reach

for the moon is more powerful than i