I remember being underwater
and how your face wavered
beyond the surface
you were laughing lifting me out
my hair streaming
and I shivered in my T-shirt
looking away (few knew you
were so gallant) you enveloped me
in your denim jacket
I remember how warmth lingered
in that shearling collar
your scent dusky as pine trees
baking in the summer sun
smoky as the Marlboros always
stuffed in your chest pocket
when you disappeared
they were all you left behind
and half ashamed I hid them
and when the missing threatened
to sweep me out to sea
I opened the box slightly crushed
and smoked them one by one
breathing you in wondering
if at that moment
you were doing the same while
perhaps remembering how
my face wavered below the surface
(c) 2020 by Hannah Six
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