Aqua opaque

beneath white fish

slide

 

shoal on shoal

weaving current

nibbling toes.

 

Mid – morning

high & light

tranquil

 

in palm shade

plotting the next

wave:

 

cloud cover

wind NNWest

sail unfurls

 

& the turtles

turn slowly.

 

 

 

Rose morning

aligned east

 

sea sound soft surf

peace turns to

 

tourist afternoon:

jet ski

 

garish colour.

 

Two doves hover

sea writhes, salty

 

tart to taste.

 

Lunchtime call

full platter, iced rose

 

tide turns, sucks

time back to me.

 

Full circle moonlight

drunks at the bar

 

crickets tumble

as I dream.

 

There’s dust

on my fingers

 

too much

salted time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roosters break

the dawn

 

palms skyline

under thunder

 

sky.

 

Rain staccato

shotgun in

 

the night

tin roof

 

heaving.

 

There are

arrivals &

 

departures,

crossroads

 

where the warring

crowd rages.

 

I am moonlight

you are morning

 

here I’m hiding

for my life.