I Escaped the News Last Weekend
I escaped the news
last weekend, wanting a world
with everything
set right; I returned to the
sleepy beach hideaway of
my youth
Tumultuous waves
rolled over one other,
going nowhere really -
Cold rain slapped my face,
drops ran down my neck;
the wind meowed around me.
Unoccupied worn
cedar-shake homes welcomed me,
the hamlet asleep,
but for a blurred red street light
The drive was well worth
the time to capture
one quintessential sunset,
one to ride horses
straight into!
Unyielding dunes clung
to sea grass. I breathed in so
deeply the salty sea air
Theoretically, my
fearful thunderous
thoughts subsided and I felt
beyond carefree.
Feet to a fire, a cup of
mulled apple cider
added to the ambient quiet
Conceived of literature
and art in my heart,
I channeled Hemingway and
Picasso; I wrote, sketched and
painted through the night
Ultimately,
I am taken aback how
truly, I now see,
birth overcomes death
...every day
and I am the only one
in my way
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