| POETRY |
| SINKING Clinging to the reef in coldness grief settles in for the stay waiting like a buzzard circling ever circling on watch for that last struggle breath in then out then in and out no more then down for gouging the eyes feasting on the gore dark beak rising dripping winds have blown by and hurricanes have ripped the tide hands gripping the reef have borne their time with desparate grasps and held on through it all bleeding and torn maintaining a grip weathering the storm but now as the sun arrives on the scene and calm waters lap gentle as kittens caress on the beach the burning heat is too much to bear and bubbles rise to the azure surface clouds of mist depart a greying curtain rising for the buzzards flight a sea gull wails keen upon the wind bearing witness to the sinking of a heart |
| AWAY FROM THE CONCRETE Among soft sands of memories We climb the dunes to scour our sunburned bodies With a heat borne of years of loving, knowing, and yearning for one another We tumble through sheets of warm rain Trembling in the coolness of the twilight touching our skin Marveling at the way we fit together, here Away from reality Should we become mired in the storms of our seas We will survive together On wings of mist we will rise above the hurricane Unafraid Into the opened arms of the quivering night we shall joyously disappear |
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| © by Sheryl McCurdy |
