june for october

10/14/2003 12:49 AM

june for october
lush for sober
your harbours call me in

captain for shorelines
light house for star lines
i've come to box me in

your winds have knocked these sails flat
and i'm floating doldrums in the sun
the glisten is over and under oar
lapping at the boards

"doubletime," the whips say
we'll reach the new kingdom someday
the course is charted, stars are set
i'll point past this slow wading

dark past the knees
i'm not in too deep
but i've a little less to lose
and this sand and limb are sticking

you looked like an ocean
in one glance of distain
you looked like cool drink and dark well
in one laugh and turn

how my tongue burns...

june for october
lush for sober
your harbours call me in

captain for shorelines
light house for star lines
i've come to box me in

and harbours await the long winter
and these limbs grow a moment stiffer
you say to wait, to try longer

and these winds, they knock my sails
knock them to boards far below