Last night you and I walked across
wooden stairs and over the bridge
 draped in shadowed branches.
You led me to the beach where
we stood for a minute to take in the beauty
of the full moon shining on the Malibu coast. 
You held my hand going over that cliff
and we laughed and fed our fears,
 pretending we had none
the bonfire made us feel the magic
of the storm and for a while we forgot that
we were all just blurry shapes
as the tide came in closer and closer toward us. 
In our altered state of mind we were invincible. 
all searching for something and finding it in each other. 
When the tide put out the fire
we piled on each other in the car
back to your house where we laughed
and sang while we drank from bottles, 
shared cigarettes and told stories. 
I woke up with your arms still around me,
 sand in my hair and tangled in your expensive sheets.
 I watch the sun creep up over the Malibu coast, and I said goodbye.