Nightswimming deserves a quiet night



The photograph on the dashboard taken years ago,

turned around backwards so the windshield shows.

Every street light reveals a picture in reverse

Still it's so much clearer



I forgot my shirt at the water's edge

The moon is low tonight



Nightswimming deserves a quiet night

I'm not sure all these people understand

It's not like years ago

The fear of getting caught

The recklessness in water

They cannot see me naked

These things they go away

Replaced by every day



Nightswimming, 

remembering that night

September's coming soon

I'm pining for the moon

And what if there were two

Side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?

The bright tide forever drawn 

Could not describe nightswimming



You, I thought I knew you

You, I cannot judge

You, I thought you knew me

This one laughing quietly

Underneath my breath

Nightswimming



The photograph reflects

Every street light a reminder

Nightswimming

Deserves a quiet night

Deserves a quiet night