Anniversary on the Island



by W.S.Merwin

The long waves glide in through the afternoon
while we watch from the island
from the cool shadow under the trees where the long ridge
a fold in the skirt of the mountain
runs down to the end of the headland

day after day we wake to the island
the light rises through the drops on the leaves
and we remember like birds where we are
night after night we touch the dark island
that once we set out for

and lie still at last with the island in our arms
hearing the leaves and the breathing shore
there are no years any more
only the one mountain
and on all sides the sea that brought us

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  1. Happy Anniversary! An island getaway sounds about perfect.

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  2. Well, if by island you mean a cluttered little mouse-house in Clifton and by sea you mean piles and piles of snow, then yes, perfection it is! :>)

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