Dark green conifers

Still standing on these mountains

Before and after

Creeping through sand dunes

Bears and wolves prowl silently

Well exacted fear

Abandoned sandals

Wait on the fence for their partner

Hanging like lost souls 

Leaping out headlong

And falling head over heels

Into shifting sand

Moonlit castles slide 

Knights in shining armour glide

Until the king dies 

Under heavy rain

Canvas stretched by summer storms

Painting our lives now

The Atlantic chill

Burns against my summer skin

Spreads into my bones