Sheltered

Sheltered

If one memory lingered
it would be the moment
in that rental car
still
on the graveled overlook
where we slid the windows
down
wide open to the sea
breezes pushing in
to our heated space
where skin reddened in the glint
of sun
and sparks broke through
our shield
glimmered over cliffs
to shimmer in the ocean spray
unruffled by our gaze
unstoppable in our pause
in the middle of our lives
where we were
no longer looking out
but reaching
frozen, forever
eyes attending only
to the other.