Can you see?
We are on the edge of a desert rock
Warmed by a tranquil Zeus; the sand is purely white
F l u i d , rich turquoise rises restlessly to its edge___
Replenished
by the intensifying indigo of an
Far off, it is fused to a comparably boundless, azure sky
By weak and mortal eyes.
I am engulfed in the most magnificent shades of blue
My favorite shade varies, pleasing traces of grey and sometimes green.
The bluest of eyes,
-stare-
out onto that ocean- and back at me.
In this moment,
Blue
& I am entirely alive.
Did the image capture it?
My chills in the presence of such vast, superlative beauty?
The solace of his blues, breaking from Nature’s magic; to love me
The smell of coconut sunblock soaked by thirsty skin,
transcending the saltiness of ocean air.
The absent “wow,” he breathed,
melodic to the harmonious crash of wave and rock.
My feet are uneven on the treacherous boulder
I have no fear,
If I jump
I would not f
a
l
l
My body is transparent as the water, my soul is wild
A hand rests securely on my back as I balance with the camera...
"Look how high we are."
…snap
