Sunday 26 August 2018

August









August

Late Summer in the Mediterranean


I lift the time-worn seashell to my ear...
 and suddenly I’m there again,
dazzled by the ochre sand
entangled in your hair,
jealous of the giggling whispers of the waves
teasingly caressing you
as I’d never dare.
A strum on a guitar, a broken melody
clears the fragrant air
heavy with the scent
of melons and desire.
In the purple dusk, village spinsters
prayer beads in hand,
look up to the gathering skies
and hasten back inside.

I watch an early raindrop
struggling down my windowpane

like a long-held tear.


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