I Saw Your Eyes

I saw your eyes up in the mountains Quaking aspen and iris bloom I read a poem in lines in marble I read the names on a tomb Closed my eyes and felt my heartbeat Rise from darkness like a womb Maybe the stars love the moon The way I do I thought I saw you in the city As I watched the world blur by the train There was a smiling-eyed old woman Who looked at me and looked away I smelled the bread of bakers a-rising I heard the happy laugh of friends Maybe I'll be back again Another time I looked into that endless ocean Lay with a lover on the shore Held to our ears a spiral seashell Heard the blood inside us roar We wandered out into the water Laughed into that sea-salt wind so cold Maybe someday when we're old We'll think of this