7/16/2018
On this fine day in mid-July, the yellow sun beams down
massaging my shoulders with her warming fingertips
applying gentle, steady pressure, a loosening embrace.
My toes in the loose, coarse sand
wiggle and dance to the melody from the speaker;
blue ocean waves crash down singing harmony to this song
being composed as it is sung.
The fizz of a can being opened, cold and refreshing on my lips
bubbles with joy as it meets the sea-bound air for the first time;
joining together in brotherly accord.
Reclining, relaxing, enjoying the beauty of nothing-to-do,
nowhere-to-go, I give in and allow the summer breeze
to dictate my breath, sweeping life in and out of my lungs
as I breathe the crisp ocean air.