Moon and Sea

Moon and Sea (©A. Calhoun, 2013)

Moon in full circle, gleaming on high
Pulls on the memory of the tides that sigh
The name of the moon, the name of the deep
The name of the woman who watches you sleep

The shadow in triumph, silent and huge
Extends now forever your tiny refuge
One room in a million, one moon in the sky
Shines on your breathing, and the tides that sigh

They pound on the shoreline, then run like the wind
They batter the rocks, like fools rushing in
They come like the lion, they go like the lamb
To lie with the woman who knows who I am

She's like you I think, that glittering sea
That pounds on the shoreline, when it wakens to me
Rrom a night full of shifting, she sighs and she shines
A path to the gold that no one can find

A pathway of gold, a path to the pearl
A scarf for the lover who knitted the world
From the height of the moon to the depth of the deep
To the breath of the woman who watches you sleep