A Poem of Life

I miss summer like that sun dress
Hitting the floor
Bunched up around your sand covered toes
Both of us naked in the water
You fall out of sight and I call for you
I don't want to lose you to these waves

So I don't look away
I never look away
As we sit around the fire
And you sip straight from the bottle
Those hips begin to sway
I'm breathless
With absolutely nothing to say

Because beauty comes and goes in my life
I hold to these moments tight
They tend to slip away
As time wraps his cruel fingers around us
And pulls us apart

There will come a time
When the water and fire are forgotten
And coldness has set in
All I remember now is your coat
Thrown furiously over the shoulders
And fading footsteps on hardwood floor