The Longest Shadow

We walked 

onto the Half 

Moon Bay bluff 

to watch the sun

skinny dip

into the Pacific Ocean.

We stood arm in arm 

in awe, 

in love, and

turned to look behind us. 

Our shadows cast 

long and deep 

into the dark orange tunnel 

of trees 

that stretched on and on and on

until we couldn’t stand it 

any longer, the sun

on our backs.

We stretched up

onto our tippy toes

and felt the end,

and laughed all the way

back to our motel room

where we made love, remembering

who we were, where we came from,

where we were going.