Take me here, please!
I unlaced my shoes and peeled off my socks
Made sinking footprints in the soft sand
Scrambled like a child over dark, salt-coated rocks
Their craggy edges chafing my soles in a tough kind way
I picked up little scuttling crabs no bigger than my pinky nail
and shrieked in fear and delight
Dipped my toes into the lapping waves
And listened to their gossip, splish-splash, splish-splash, against the shore
I waded into the sea under a sky of tousled lilac and rose
And breathed deep of the sunset
Relished the bright coldness coming up my limbs
And wished the Earth might
turn more slowly.
Small Pieces of Magic 