On A Far Away Beach At Dawn <br /> <br />Your face is etched in the stars that dot a sky about to lose its black <br />Mirrored as a reflection on a luminous sheet of sea at low tide <br /> <br />The image skittered like sand pipers dissolving as the first rays <br />Of an impatient sun scattered light on the slate gray sand <br /> <br />A harsh westerly blew to shore and slapped my face <br />Assails my nose with the briny redolence of shoreline waste <br /> <br />From afar clam diggers sat on empty pails digging and <br />Poking with bamboo spatulas the water logged sand <br /> <br />I heard your voice mingle with the twittering of the shore birds <br />As they skipped and darted leaving their v marks on the glistening sand <br /> <br />I thought of my easy chair, my garden, I thought of your smile...of home <br />A harsh westerly slapped my face, a briny redolence assailed my nose.<br /><br />Eddie Roa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-a-far-away-beach-at-dawn/
