We walked through the night harbour, there was a chill in the air that caught the back our necks making us walk faster. The Sea gulls where restless, as they circled night above us surveying our movements. The boats where rearing to go as the tugged against there ropes and moaned.
We moved towards the darkness and sat huddled at the edge of the pier, nothing was said we just stared at the red warning light at the end of the horizon. Boats came in and out, we slowly rocked in unison mimicking the boys while listening to the lulling sound of the foghorn.
Two dark men approach, our heartbeat accelerates out of time, they say hi and move towards the shadows of the dock into a lover’s retreat. We glance towards the pier clock…time seems to have stopped. The oily black water catches our attention as it moves beneath us… seals we both say in a sigh of relief. We sit there in silence watching the night, until time starts to move again.
