Low on Time

We were low on time
so I said let's highlight
the moments we spend
going down to the lake.

Dusk fell and the water
was nursing its quiet
and we walked
with the wings of the gulls.

You smiled and eased gently
your words about darkness
and death
and you calmly accepted
whatever would meet you
out there, where
the sky takes on earth.

You said love was a gift
that embellished a life
like a sunset, worth no more,
no less,
and the light in your eyes
was pulling my heart,
drew it near
drew it near.