Nightswimming deserves a quiet nightThe photograph on the dashboard, taken years agoTurned around backwards so the windshield showsEvery streetlight reveals the picture in reverseStill, it’s so much clearerI forgot my shirt at the water’s edgeThe moon is low tonight
Nightswimming deserves a quiet nightI’m not sure all these people understandIt’s not like years agoThe fear of getting caughtOf recklessness and waterThey cannot see me nakedThese things, they go awayReplaced by everyday
Nightswimming, remembering that nightSeptember’s coming soonI’m pining for the moonAnd what if there were twoSide by side in orbitAround the fairest sun?That bright, tight forever drumCould not describe nightswimming
You, I thought I knew youYou I cannot judgeYou, I thought you knew meThis one laughing quietly underneath my breathNightswimming
The photograph reflects, every streetlight a reminderNightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night








