Your Joy Like Sunset

I imagine now

You are home safe

Thick marine fog

Smelling of salt and sand

Ever-changing shores

Hope you give it your time

Know the calm

Breathe it in

The ocean pounding rhythms

A coast to wander

Thoughts to shape

Speak of anything

Breathe deep and say

“I love you 

The way only I 

Can love people

Looked over my shoulder

Saw your joy like

Sunset over open sea

Saw your worry

Hoped it would pass

A storm emptied of rain

One of these days

I’ll drive up to you

Maybe in summer

With time to burn away”