Two Beside

Two beside
On a sunny side walk;

Small hat, floral skirt; 
Hand in hand
Close ahead
Or far behind. 

Today 
Two beside
Do not have room – 

No room for a hat
When wind lifts hair
And heart;

And the floral skirt now knows
Autumn best. 

Soft salt lifts, then,
Like an ocean; like waves
That carry –
Float;

Let the image float, then.

Above and aside
Alone and apart

Safe

So long as 
no shores touch.

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