My Toe Just Touched The Water

My Toe Just Touched The Water

Puffy clouds playing charades with me

Dotting the blue horizon as far as I can see

Memories rising with summer’s great heat

Traveling hundreds of miles, yet never left my seat

Familiar sounds play tentatively on my ear

Making yesterdays seem even more dear

Looking over the river of life gone by

Feeling the spray of its waters touch my eye

And longing to wade in its chilly flow

Stripping down feet as I expectantly go

On the rocky shoreline to hop and totter

But it’s okay, my toe just touched the water