Sunbathing - a Summer Poem
The warmth of the sun holds you in an embrace
Like a lover, gently kissing your neck and your face
Your body relaxed, almost slipping away
Your thoughts, abstract notions, hold reality at bay
Strange drifting shapes inside your closed eyes
The laughter of children, the buzzing of flies
Boy chats up girl, so beautifully tanned
Your love, lies beside you, reaching out for your hand
Breezes send sand grains to sensitive places
Sticky kids run amok with their ice-creamed faces
The splash of the water, the fragrant tan lotion
Your cares, just like flotsam… float off on the ocean
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