Post by AquarianM on Sep 2, 2008 at 12:10am
Sunfish...
Sunfish flicker all over the bottom,
Rippling in steel-blue water neck-deep,
Dodging sand puffs from my feet,
Wave rolls lift and sputter,
Cold-shock gone as I dive,
Lake Michigan on an August afternoon.
Roll and splash I wade ashore,
Polished flat rocks in soft hot yellow sand,
Sea Gulls scamper and beg all about,
Walking wet and drying in sunshine,
I search driftwood for a beach trail sign.
Greyed-out dead stick and a magnifying glass,
Teaching a child a new art,
I burn the beach onto wood.
Sunset comes softly,
I blast my harmonica at last rays amidst sand grasses waving goodnight.
I walk up the dune like summer waning - stressless.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 08/29/2008
Sunfish flicker all over the bottom,
Rippling in steel-blue water neck-deep,
Dodging sand puffs from my feet,
Wave rolls lift and sputter,
Cold-shock gone as I dive,
Lake Michigan on an August afternoon.
Roll and splash I wade ashore,
Polished flat rocks in soft hot yellow sand,
Sea Gulls scamper and beg all about,
Walking wet and drying in sunshine,
I search driftwood for a beach trail sign.
Greyed-out dead stick and a magnifying glass,
Teaching a child a new art,
I burn the beach onto wood.
Sunset comes softly,
I blast my harmonica at last rays amidst sand grasses waving goodnight.
I walk up the dune like summer waning - stressless.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 08/29/2008