Billowing
Inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s initial description of Daisy and Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby
We are billowing in the wind,
With our hands gliding through the air,
And our hair curling behind us in the breeze.
You and I,
The both of us,
Allow ourselves to become malleable for a moment;
Your scarf twists and curls like calligraphy and snaps behind you,
My necklace unravels itself, and pearls ricochet off my collarbones.
Our feet are planted in the ground
And everything whizzes past us:
Time,
The rain,
Champagne glasses,
Your new scarf,
My old necklace,
They all sail away from us, Carried on the wind, they glide over the water
And sink into the bay,
And we are left standing there,
In the sweet summer sunlight,
Feet planted firmly in the ground,
With branches for arms
And leaves for hair.
The both of us,
You and I,
Billowing in the wind.