INTO FOCUS
On a day not so very different
from today or any other day
(though now as I look back,
it was rather different, I'd say),
I woke up unexpectedly
to the silence of the fog.
And on this morning,
just a year ago or so,
I found something magical
in that haze as it hugged
the ocean's edge
and me.
All alone with the morning,
the gentle music of the waves
brushing against the shore
and my heart,
I heard a solitary seabird
whose shriek pierced
the silence as memories
of Long Island summers
and early-morning fog
flooded onto the canvas
of this California morning
as I walked along the beach.
I pondered many things
within the solitude
of that morning
a year or so ago
and thought it quite ironic
that so much came into focus
within the magic of the fog.
And as the sea cliffs tossed aside
their morning blanket of white,
I inhaled the peace
that was left behind
as the gentle waves
still caressed the sand
underneath my feet.
(c) barbara kausteklis 3-19-12
Written for CPC "Magic Monday/
Is There Magic in Your Fog?"
http://www.friendburst.com/blog/82202/magic-fog-3-18-2/
Thanks always for your visits and comments.
~barb~
This is extravagantly brilliant, Barb. The perfection of the photo capture - of which every subtle nuance as well as every easily seen detail are equally vividly captured in your ink, right down to the solitary seabird at downstage audience right - leaves me in rapture. I adore this shot. Your words align flawlessly! It's as if your lines flow inevitably from this photo. Brava!
ReplyDeleteIt was such a magical morning as I walked along that beach. I'm so glad I could share some of the feelings that I had with this photo and these words. Thanks so much, Leeza!
DeleteAbsolutely brilliant. I agree with Leeza.
ReplyDelete--Diana