• side by side on the sunset
    the sound of the rain on two hearts
    was loud enough to drown the sigh
    of the creaking swing.

    you told me by starlight one summer-
    you don't like the rain on your face,
    but here you are. i must be dreaming.

    in your arms i only had to whisper
    to say that i wanted something
    more like love, something that stung when it left.
    it only would have taken a whisper.

    but in your arms only that whisper was mine.
    the rest of me was not yet my own-
    i belonged to you.

    in the silence
    you held me close-
    but alone,

    here on the sunset of the heart
    i feel the rain and the memory of the sun
    and wish i had myself to say-
    goodnight.