

Contemplation
On a distant beach
waves gently lap
a zephyr calmly stirs the still air of a cloudless sky
she lays
face down upon the pristine sand
her dark hair loose and wild
kissing her nape
a freckled well shaped shoulder
accentuates her small slender frame
the sunshine glistening off it
beginning to bronze her skin
there, in contemplation
she muses o’er circumstances
moving between then and now
thinking of all that is gone and what may be to come
questioning life with her wisdom and her innocence
she half sits
leans upon an elbow
and runs her fingers through the grain
her eyes gaze wonderingly
her lips wide and warm
define her giving mouth
attendant
a breath hangs
pregnant with what lies beyond
in her thoughts and heart run many themes
captured now and tossed to the sea and sky
to fall into hopeful meaning
to take her there
where he awaits
his love
hers forever
if she chances to take it
Photo at Black Head. Poem written 2010 revised 2015