Life Boat

I like this song,
because the gentle brushes on the drum
sound like a smooth wash of rain
on the roof of a beach house
looking out on the stormy Atlantic.

And out in the water,
paddling into shallow waves?
A white rowboat with a blue stripe,
sinking into the soft gray sand
as you drop the oars and stand.

Stepping out into ankle-deep surf,
as water drips stormily from your wide-brimmed straw hat
(the one with the red silk ribbon)
I watch from the porch
as you hug your shoulders and run across the green lawn
in your rain-soaked dress and dirty slippers
smiling as bright as a lit candle,
skin pale from the cold rain, pale as the moon,
but your cheeks flushed pink with laughter.

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