Night swimming
deserves a quiet night
The photograph
on the dashboard
taken years ago
Turned around
backwards so
the windshield shows
Every street light
reveals the picture
in reverse
Still it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt
at the waters edge
the moon is low tonight
Night swimming
deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all
these people understand
It's not like
years ago
The fear of
getting caught
The recklessness
of water
They cannot see me
naked
These things
they go away
Replaced by every day
Night swimming
Remembering that night
September's
coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there
were two
side by side in orbit
around the fairest sun?
The bright tight
would never drown
could not describe
night swimming
You I thought
I knew you
you I cannot judge
You I thought
you knew me
this one laughing
quietly
Underneath my breath
Night swimming
The photograph reflects
every street light
a reminder
Night swimming
deserves a quiet night
Deserves a quiet night