Burleigh

15 Lines

We talked about openess

and taking trips to the Maldives

or maybe it was something else

I couldn’t tell

with a middle aged woman

breathing down my neck

the wind isn’t strong enough to take

the sighs from crashing waves

but it left little secrets

sand grains on my teeth

we wouldn’t take the long way home

afraid to see

the sun reflected on a glassy sea

but the tick on the silent clock

went and went and went.