Mundesley Beach - Anne Clark

When you left I went to the sea

And started walking

And walked and walked some more

Hoping somehow the sand

Giving way beneath my feet

Would slowly soak me up

And swallow me up whole

Made as we are — of so much water

Or at the very least draw out

And soak up all the pain

That in the confines of my body

Swims inside my blood

And leave me dry and still

Upon its surface

Upon the beach

Wind blown

Sun bleached

Even now it’s not sunk in

Outside of us both

Precious broken love

Escapes into the air

Meeting reversed

I carry on walking

And I’m walking on the sand

On the sand beside the sea

Naked on the beach

Love dies

Grain by grain

Moment by moment

Belief and understanding die also

Moment by moment

Star by star