We sat close on a slanted
stone wall
Slanting down
Toward the tide
Toward the rock
We watched them crash and scream
Still engaged in the everlasting war
Or maybe it was an everlasting kiss
Or maybe there is no difference
She laughed softly at my words
She was a few years younger in age
But centuries away in the lashings
Of life
I chose my words
Carefully
Cleverly
I imagined her waking beside me
My bed hardly large enough
To hold us both
To hold that smile
Then my daydream was disturbed
By the scoffing breeze
The palms erupted in laughter
It would never be
My bones weren't structured
To her idea of beauty
And her lack of imagination for life
Was the ugliest beast
I had ever seen
We sat on the stone wall
And there was a long silence
Both realizing love was still
Very far away
The moon sighed
As the tide cracked loudly
Onto the rocks
And I decided
That they were kissing