30th March 2022

Pacific Gulls gaze out to sea,

some lounging on the silken sand.

A gathering of Terns at the water’s edge.

alternating in arcing over the shallow waves.

Sunset dancing.

Some bath,

flapping and dipping.

The sun says its farewell from across the sea,

sending this day’s last light onto sand and mountain.

A carpet of illumination,

in all the shades of green.

The first star,

a tiny light atop a mast,

to a yacht tethered to the sea floor.

Hovering. A min min