Riptide Lovers

Wings, heavy trodden with rain and sand
Angels sinking side by side
Interlocking fingers hand in hand
Feathers washed away by evening tide

Destroy the demonic disease
Drown the pneumonic plague
Quicksand daggers, skeleton keys
Cutthroat cancer, purge the rage

Balcony lovers whisper in fear
Beneath dusty shadows, cloudy rain
Hearts beat soundly, leaking tears
Losing lips in honeysuckle; fade

© 2007 Cordell J. Larkin