playful love

By: Susan Carol Kleinhans

A gentle wave
of love
washed over him.
His share of
that precious emotion
had always been
much too slim.
Another wave
caught him
by surprise.
Abrasive to
his ears.
Acid tears
soon formed
in his eyes.
The third wave
was the last one.
Playful...only
wanting tender fun.
It gently pulled him
out to sea.
Far from his
former misery...