ConeyIsland (to You)

It is in

These early dawn

Hours when asleep

You all are

That I find

My greatest peace

You still sleeping

Yet I am

Now dreaming these

Delicate petit fours

Sweet and savory

Morsels of memory

That tickle and

Hang and dissolve

And disappear into

Another and another

These waves coming

Ashore bringing with

Them trinkets of

By gone times

That I collect

Like a child

On Coney Island

Wondering where they

Started then remembering

It was there

Of course way

Way out there

And reaching out

To the horizon

I pinch that

Thin line between

Sea and sky

Gone they go

Replaced now by

Your sleepy eyes

Looking at me

Wishing (to Bean)

Imagine being a

Fish that just

Took the bait

And is being

Reeled in while

Seeing an eagle

Over head and

Wishing if I

Must be caught

Why couldn’t it

Be up there

Soaring rather than

Way down here

In a boat

Wading

It is in

These wee cool

Hours before dawn

While I wade

In the shallows

Of my emotions

And feel the

Small fish and

Salamanders nip and

Brush against me

Tickling and dancing

Knowing they are

There simply by

Feeling them near

Isn’t that love

Curiosity and happenstance

And the chance

Of brief affection

Let those come

And touch you

Always

All I can

Promise you my

Young friend is

Nothing more than

Me to simply

Be your shadow

Even at night

Just close your

Eyes and I’m

Right with you

Have no fear

Because I’m here

WeCallLove

I have finally

Learned that my

Heart never breaks

Like a movie

Or train ticket

It is punched

Over and over

And over again

Now full of

Holes incapable of

Containing anything it’s

Become a sieve

From which my

Light now shines

Attracting even more

Funny this thing

We call love