Hold me close

when I sink into your embrace
gleaming with sunlight
you paint opal reflections
through a lens I watch the alders
stepping into the clear sky
to be that rising light
shimmering water
in a turquoise dress

after the rain
I am a winding river
you flow around my feet
I touch the riverbed
cool stone soft sand
I lift the gauzy hem
and find in the new current
a tender sapling