Love Poem: Between
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Written by: Joseph Adler

Between

between
holding back
and letting go
i forgot 
the
rough ride
swept away
in the riptide
of your
salt water
sighs
rising and 
falling
in the buoyancy
of your thighs
sinking into
the hot sand
of an
August sky
polished smooth
in the tumbling
of your
woman waves
i follow
the hollow
of your 
wet sand 
footsteps
washed away
by the current
until i understand
why the ocean
tastes like 
tears
why love
is besieged by 
fear
and how
we are saved
from drowning
by simply
remaining
here.