The sea holds its secrets…

A Thursday night in Scarborough town,

Not much to do, few tourists are down

The usual drink in the usual inn

Then a vision of beauty came wandering in

She takes a seat at the bar by my side

Looks at me with passionate eyes

They draw me in, I can hardly think

Then she offers to buy me a drink

Well we talk for hours, it comes easily

It’s like  she is no stranger to me

Normally I’d stutter or hide myself away

But she made all my shyness evaporate that day

She said there’s not much party life in Scarborough

But there’s one tonight on a boat in the harbour

Did I want to join her to see if it’s good

Yes I agreed, of course I would

 

The boat was rocking, partying in full swing

Nobody stopped us as we wandered in

We danced, we drank, we tried the liquor

Until someone asked just who we were

All of a sudden I felt sweat on my brow

Partycrashers someon shouted, let’s deal with them now

We were bundled on deck, it was looking a bit grim

She whispered in my ear, I hope you can swim

Then with a scream we were both in the sea

Panicking and floundering till she came to me

Lie back and float,she took me in hand

And swam me back till we reached the sand

 

Well wet and tired we both lay for a while

Then saw the funny side, I had to smile

She giggled, took my hand and we watched the stars up above

I wondered if it was possible so quickly to love

I tentative suggested we lose our wet clothes

Skinny dip in the night, no one sees, no one knows

She giggled again and said ok, you first!

So I stripped and ran in the sea till fully immersed

And turned hoping to see her in her birthday suit

Only to find her gone, with my clothes to boot..

 

Now I lived in a flat not that far to go

It took me hours moving from shadow to shadow

Wrapped in a bin liner I’d found in a bin

Smelling of something the dog wouldn’t drag in

But it spared my blushes and eventually I arrived

Just happy to find that I had survived

I cursed her but still I found I was intrigued

This girl was definitely from another league

I jumped in the shower to wash it all away

All in all it was still a good day.

 

It was several days later, another party that night

This time I made sure I had an invite!

I had a few drinks and exchanged jokes, drank some more

Then realised someone was watching me from the door

I felt the blood drain from my face, it was she

The girl who had made such a fool out of me,

Angrily I strode over to where she was waiting

Her smile was both endearing and really frustrating

Before I could speak she said quietly

Come outside and talk to me

We went outside and we sat in my car

Then she kissed me, it felt really bizarre

Here I was ready to shout and explode

One kiss disarmed me, lightened my load

Take me home she murmured, just drive to begin

Turn left by the pharmacy, she smiled, or maybe turn in

My heart thumped in my chest, t ran into the shop

Must have bought all the protection they had in stock,

Paid at the counter and oh God this was weird

The girl and my car had both disappeared.

 

So once again I found myself walking back home

Realised she’d driven off with my wallet and phone

When I got back I was straight on the landline

Cancelling cards and feeling asinine

Once that was done reported the theft of the car

The police thought maybe she wouldn’t get far

They will come round and see me as soon as they can

To take all the details when they have a free man

But I heard him laughing as he hung up the phone

Felt myself blushing even though I’m alone

I sat on the sofa to consider the cost

Then realised I was sitting on the wallet I’d lost

 

Half an hour later the doorbell shook me from my slumber

The policeman asked me for the car’s registration number

When I told him he asked me what’s that in the drive

My last piece of reason took a nosedive

For instead of a space where my car used to be

It was parked there making a mockery of me

The copper told me I was risking a bit of a fine

For wasting he said, valuable police time

I couldn’t explain the car in the drive

Or any of my story really, it sounded contrived

When the policeman left, I found myself in tears

Something i hadn’t done in years

 

I walked into the kitchen to make me a drink

She was standing there smiling leaning on the sink

The shock coursed through me, shaking and weak

It was all I could do to stay on my feet

Just who are you I whispered, what am I to you

I don’t understand these things that you do

You have my attention, I promise you that

And how the hell did you get into my flat?

She smiled and stretched, showing her figure to perfection

Meet me upstairs, she said, Like I’d make an objection

I locked the front door and ran up the stairs

I think I already knew that she wouldn’t be there

And of course she wasn’t, I let out a sigh of defeat

How could someone so annoying be so sweet?

 

Two weeks later, almost to the day

I came down from the castle into north bay

As usual, the wind was blowing a breeze

Toppling empty deck chairs and windbreaks with ease

A figure stepped forward and she took my hand

Walk with me, walk with me, over the sand

Over the sand and into the sea

If you love me and trust me, please walk with me

Without hesitation we walked on the sand

Over the sand and into the sea

 

Witnesses came forward all of them agree

Two people fully dressed walked into the sea

But the  policemen really couldn’t understand

Why only one set of footprints left in the sand

 

The sea keeps its secrets, no bodies ever found

You can maybe assume two people were drowned

Or maybe just one, or none,who can tell?

The sea keeps its secrets exceedingly well

But maybe in a world just a heartbeat away

Where the suns always shining on every day

Two people walked out, ran out of the sea

Happily laughing, loving and free

Walking together, holding hand in hand

With two sets of footprints left in the sand…