Periwinkle dusk cradled in meringue-d moon - <br />Beams with tinged sun-drops each echoing its own <br /> <br />Crooning –love for day’s sweet end, far-flung skinny oaks <br />And ocher-ed waves of spindly marshes dance in the <br /> <br />Salty drink, architectural perspectives paint <br />The gentleness of each sentry’s uniform <br /> <br />Tenderly embracing reflection-ed wetness <br />Slowly emptying the tendril-ed ribbon-ed <br /> <br />Salty streams outward into the great Atlantic <br />Wilds, divided sepias outline the punctuat- <br /> <br />Ing dance with kisses of our entwined enchantment <br />Charleston salt flats welcoming lovers hungry souls <br /> <br /> <br />(Celebrating Thirty Years of Love, <br />Charleston, South Carolina, May 17,2008)<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/charleston-s-salt-flats/
