Tag: summer relief

Muffled and mixed

with the click, click, click

of life in the water below

children’s voices

lilting, happy noises

help keep me afloat

and ease my soul

i drift

and stretch

atop the calm

the receding sun is milder

the people

heading home

Kurt grabs my toes

and tugs

I roll and smile

and dive below

a school of silver fish

weave to and fro

and I chase two

of blue, yellow and green

so bright

I want to catch their colors

to keep them near

when I feel wrong

to remind me

of the moment

the sea

its song

and the sound of the children

at play in the drink

while parents on the shore

urge them in

to eat

to end their soaked

and salty day

as Kurt and I

move merrily through

the gentle glow

of the setting sun

reflecting gold

on the mellow waves

and the easy flow

of our quiet lives