One week in peace and shining sun

Many moons ago, not years yet but close

A friend and I took a week from our lives

To live by the ocean - just two friends in harmony

Easy with our moods and inclinations

We gazed at the water joined with the sky

slept , read, drank and ate at will and at ease

soothed by the soft Indian summer air

and the shining warmth of the late August sun,

My skin soaked in the salt and the wind and was freed

of the toxins of the world’s industry

The waves knocked me down and I rose up laughing

My soul stirred as I looked to the endless blue

I stayed as long as my body would allow,

A week in the light of the summer sun.