Kitsilano

At twenty-four

They met on the Kitsilano shore

With every turn of his hand she moves

And the river shines

Then warning came

Bend your knees, boy, and go astray

With a whisper in his ear she said

What pulls on you will take me, too

Steady in the stormy

A marker in the making

The shore forgives the tide

Holding in the deep is

Your name between his teeth

The shore forgives the tide

Wasn't it true

That staying near the home that you knew

Was small and weak

But the wiser do, it seems

You always had a way of finding magic in the moment

You always had a way of finding magic in the moment

Steady in the stormy

A marker in the making

The shore forgives the tide

Holding in the deep is

Your name between his teeth

No day so quickly passes

I know the thought of you rings true

And the shore forgives the tide