Little Boats to Your Isles

 

Little Boats to Your Isles

Tonight the stars are blue and cold.
Wind turns like a forgotten song.
I write the saddest lines I know
on the edge where you belong.I love you because I love you —
no reason, no why, no end.
You are moon and burning branch,
ash that flames when I breathe your name.
My little boats still sail to your isles.Salt and pine ride the evening air.
Your body blooms like spring’s wild tree.
I swing from fire to frost and back,
blindly, endlessly, to thee.I love you because I love you —
no reason, no why, no end.
You are moon and burning branch,
ash that flames when I breathe your name.
My little boats still sail to your isles.If little by little you forget me,
I’ll forget you wave by wave.
No anger, only quiet sea.I love you because I love you…
My little boats still sail…
toward your isles.