Sunset Saved our Sanity

Kevin Michael Bloor

That day we spotted dolphins dancing

Free and foaming, out to sea

In the dawn, down by the arbour

From the wall, beside the quay

 

That day the ocean shone like silver

Gleamed and glimmered in the sun

Those scorching rays fell fierce as famine

Bleached and burnt us, everyone

 

That day the sky was blue with beauty

Like the mother of the Lord

Clouds clung on, but soon were leaving

Cut and cleaved by solar sword

 

That day we drifted, wandered, dreaming

Seeking shelter’s shady nook

She sat still in scorching silence

‘Neath my hat I read a book

 

That day the seagulls ceased their shrieking

Soared in silence overhead

Noontime on the burning beaches

Bathers, laid out like the dead

 

That day the summer stillness settled

Like a scorching, sacred shroud

Merged with moving, melted masses

Crucified that Cornish crowd

 

That day dragged on till sun was dying

Sinking slowly in the sea

Globe of gold in ocean bleeding

Sunset saved our sanity!

 

 

 

  • Author: Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 17th, 2018 05:38
  • Comment from author about the poem: scrawled on a scorching summer's day in St Ives
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 39
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  • Goldfinch60

    Very good write, the joy of natures world can solve many problems.



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