new love poem

its hard to write a new love poem
but here's another
just like all the rest
we're at this tiny beach
she and i

can't remember
if its sunny, but it's way too cold
to swim
what i'm doing is
sifting through sand
finding little pebbles
smaller and smaller
with each one
i put it in the palm
and point
saying, what about this one

she nods, or something
and then i flick the tiny stone
the size of lentil, a grapenut, a flax seed,
and then a large grain of sand
we lose it as it zooms
in a small fantastic arc
human eyes with limits
she and i look out across water

before it breaks the surface
there is silence
when we both hold our breath

the stone slips into water
like a tiny blip on our radar
we see it's minute splash
here's the thing we were guessing
each broke our silence
with the tiniest sound

i turned to her with a smile
she shrugged and i sifted another
couln't wait for our silence
once more