How Long Ago

How long ago How long ago it seems That a small cloud That passed by moon Our hearts thrilled. How long ago The bosomed sea Lay still Save for its swishes In the treacherous inlet: What throbs I felt As in and out And out and in Thro’ the small creek The sea went: And that dark swish In the dark night Our hearts thrilled. Numbed and frozen we And our senses: No longer wake we soon To see the dawn arise and walk Barefoot and clean Along the seas and rocks Before in to the air Like a sweet mist She disappears: How our hearts throbbed And warm our senses Raced the red blood inside: And every light and stone and move Our hearts thrilled.