Dangling cold feet over warm Caribbean waters, we found happy, you and me.
Sitting without a care on a wooden pier
with missing planks — 
wrecked by tempestuous waves, churning and frothing at the bit,
over many a hurricane season.

We knew no fear, no worry of a tomorrow
that will never come — it was our knowing all along.

It was now to be happy,
now to experience
the beauty of a full moon.
With no clouds hiding her private parts, naked and loving herself, proudly she glowed;
lighting up the night sky, warning the fishes that the bait came with hooks, glistening;
reflecting the million jewels on still water, dancing.

Pick one,
I remember you saying.
A crown I will fashion, encrusted with the light energy of our moon, complimenting your halo,
my empress.

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© I. Trudie Palmer
One Love