Two soothsayers
Cureall for one another's 
Heart-rending pain
You light up my face
Laughter fills the space
Inside my haunted places
While I, humbly now
Know my way around 
Herbs and potions
In the kitchen 
Feeling your hunger
Like an affliction 
Aches like shell bones
Lying on weathered stones
Muscles and sinew
Melt at the touch
Waves wash over you
Under the spell 
Of our lips
Tide is in

Spending my days
Writing to ghosts
Of my past
Asking them to 
Reveal themselves
Materialise before eyes
But they refuse
Thump, thud, voices
In the night 
All contrived
By my mind and heart
Convinced I don't live
In this world alone
Colonies of tall trees 
To sea grasses swaying
On movement of ocean breeze
Salt spray dries
Salty tears 
Unfathomable depths
Overcome latent fears
Echoes of waves
Lap at my back, soothingly
Whisper to mine ears
You are never alone
In the natural world