Category: Landscape

Clarity

Sometimes
In reflection
A stunning clarity

I try to remember
The slightest disturbance

I like a moody shore
A place with surprises
And some risk
The tide may catch you up
In some small sandy bay
If you’re not paying attention

I suppose that says a lot
About my life

As much as I love
A sunset
I love
Even more
The opportunity
To greet its return

I do not mourn
The passing of the sun
Because it is beautiful
And I know it will return

It is no different
With the cycle of life
And death
And rebirth

There’s a subtle light
When the sun breaks through
Over a stormy sea
Far in the distance

The burst of amber
Draws the eye
With its shameless
Brazen vibrance

An endless sea to my left
Mountains rising
Into the sky on my right

A yellow stripe
And smooth asphalt
Winding along
The rocky shore between

Where sun and sea and land meet
Where the waves roll in
And break on rocky shores
Under the sun’s illuminating grace

I find the rhythm of being

I have these dreams
Dim and dark
Or are they memories?

Of a battle
And a castle
Shrouded in grey

But
For fires
Raging

And my loved one
There
Life threatened

Azure the sea
Slate the sky
The Islands
In between

The day was long
Night comes on
To fitful
Sleep go I

I followed the footfalls
Through grass-laden dunes
Where grey, heavy mist
Permeated the sand

I wondered who’d been here
Where had they gone
From where had they come

I followed the footfalls
Until their abrupt ending

Swallowed up by the sea