The Seashore

a poem by Maryse Saldanha

I walk barefoot along the seashore
And watch the waves rise and wall
Around I see lovers in the shadows
Some kiss quickly some linger some afar

He holds my hand he walks with me
Everything around me gradually fades
Just my love and I and the shimmering moonlight
Where the waves at our feet end

He pulls me close, I pull away
Sweet mischief with us now plays
He tries to kiss me, I run
He gives me a chase
All reserve now abandoned away

But then I turn and run back to him
Right into his open arms
Sweet delight, secure I feel in there
As I drown in his embrace

His lips brush mine, I gently respond
My heart pounds as we quicken the pace
The kiss he deepens, I taste him now
Sweet spices of the orient intoxicating my mind

He instills longing in me as he plays with me
Fills my senses wholly, arouses passion in me
I gaze into his keen eyes a rising storm to see
I fall to my knees as passion engulfs me

I give in to the moment that makes me so weak
The waves rise and fall in tune to our beat
All around ceases to exist there’s just you and me
None at all just you and me

Take me high up there,
I give myself to you
Hold me close let this be our night
Take me there,
I’ll at will be your slave
Let not this moment pass on
Let me in you be lost

Let’s begin anew, let nothing intrude
Let’s fade into the night with our prelude
Let’s drown in each other
Let me you possess

Sweet pain, sweet pleasure let us each other give
Tonight myself to you I give
The waves rise and fall as we make love
The waves rise and fall as on the seashore I walk