Saturday 6 June 2020

Yearning for the beach

The weather has turned windy and rainy after six weeks or so with hardly any rain. On the warmest days, I would have loved to go to the beach, but what with the lockdown due to the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, it hasn't been sensible to go there. I've missed the sensory pleasure of being there (although not missed the inevitable crowds). My yearning gave rise to this ....

Au bord de la mer
Hot bright sunlight on my face
Drying salty hair and lashes
Legs wet with sandy splashes
Feet tingle with shingle scratches
Cool wavelets’ sea foam catches
My skirt hem like liquid lace

1 comment:

Samuel Peeps Dairyist said...

That's going to be my earworm for the rest of the day... @)