[創作] Island Dreamer

[spacedunce5 (CJ)]

  "The sea and the tides, the sunrises and sunsets, and the chance to consider
  life in a small place . . . should be enough to keep the dreamers coming."

    ----P. F. Kluge, from "Oceans & Isles" ("Through the Lens: National
        Geographic Greatest Pictures")

The salty seawind laps at my face,
waking me to a brand-new glorious sunrise,
rays of light prodding me up to grab my spear
and catch breakfast. Fish scales
play with the newcome sun,
showcasing pristine the clear stream,
frolicking gaily, unaware of the metal glint
right before I stab, and pierce.

Over a month-old impromptu campfire,
I think how hand-caught fish are much the tastier.

And with the stomach's cries of hunger sated,
the endless sandline beckons to my feet,
calling out for the massage that only my toes can provide;
the waves roll on, oblivious to an islander's gaze,
a gaze of wonder, growing only more wondrous
with each new, remarkable day.

Is there anything as boundless as the great, mighty sea?
Show it to me, and I will call you the wiser:
Even the sun must give in once a day to that
swimming pool of the heavens, waves rolling forever.
Nor could Galileo see the New World
across Poseidon's sky, but he was no fool,
and did not try.

Shrill caws draw my eyes to the sky,
where a flock of seagulls find themselves
behind schedule, just preying for breakfast while I've
already started the day. I watch as they
circle high, then swoop and dive
into the green; some come up happy,
the others queue again.

I find the slowest hunter of the bunch, and
with an arrow, turn it into lunch.


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推 celestial09:like this one :) beautiful~
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