Heart Songs ( Poetry Monthly )

…I lit a candle today 

in memory 

of you

I remember the bed 

of Marram  grass 

on hot shifting sands

your head 

gentle on my heart

shush… you said

I hear a siren singing

a song 

of farewell

my heart pumps

the lament off key

from sand to sea 

the ebbing tide

pulling you away

from me

I lit a candle today …