Petals on a Pond

[couchgrouch]

Petals on a PondBoth of us were barefootnear the forest pond that nighta jewel beneath the full moonwe cooled our toes in its lightshe picked a gentle flowerand held it by its stemcast its wings upon the waterso our dreams could drift with themlike petals on a pondsilk vessels on a tiny seathere's nothing quite as helplessand nothing quite as freejust below the waterlies their great beyondand forever's always near uslike petals on a pondI never spoke a whisperI just took that naked stemtied it 'round her fingerlet the water be its gemit took her just a momentto feel my promise in the airthen she leaned in to kiss meeven now that kiss floats therelike petals on a pondsilk vessels on a tiny seathere's nothing quite as helplessand nothing quite as freejust below the waterlies their great beyondand forever's always near uslike petals on a pondwell, they lay upon the surfacelight as feathers on the breezeon the nights we still go thereto make new memoriesfor time is moonlit waterwhere we toss our fragile dayslove is tossing them togetherthen watching them slip awaylike petals on a pondsilk vessels on a tiny seathere's nothing quite as helplessand nothing quite as freejust below the waterlies their great beyondand forever's always near uslike petals on a pond(c)2005 Robert George