Le Mere

Sunlight sparkling off the Ocean
The smells of salt and surf in my head
Cry of bird overhead.
Large blossom in my hair,
Midnight spilling down my back
Interwoven with starlight.
An anklet of smaller flowers,
Waxy, petal soft.
The waves lapping at my feet
Footprints in the wet, wet sand.
Mere reclaiming them.
Kneeling down to trace
Fingers through a tidal pool.
Childish wonder at the
Wee universe within.
Sky so very blue,
Dazzling.
A swathe of cerulean from the Masters Brush.
Legs peeping out of a sarong,
White, gauzy.
The breeze plucking it with gentle fingers,
Teasing.
To drape it back over me again.
The song of Neptune, Poseidon,
Holding Court.
Mermaids and Mermen,
Selkies,
Fishes,
Darting here and there amongst the coral.
Dolphin,
Shark,
Whale.
Salt drying to a crust on my skin.
I lap at it.
Tasting the Sea.

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