rocked in the shallow surf

'Sleeping With You'

 

Is there anything more wonderful? 

After we have floundered 

through our separate pain 

 

we come to this. I bind myself to you, 

like otters wrapped in kelp, so the current 

will not steal us as we sleep. 

 

Through the night we turn together, 

rocked in the shallow surf, 

pebbles polished by the sea. 

 

[Ellen Bass {1947- } 'Sleeping With You', from Mules of Love]