Sand and Sea | Two Poems

Easy Chair

Perched in a secluded,

Soft and sand easy chair

High on the cliff;

Regarding seabirds eye to eye

As they soar and skim

On magical breezes--

Transfixed by the folding,

Shifting rainbow sky

Of sunset dreams,

I wrap my cares and woes

In a layer of dreamy nonchalance

And toss them to the swallowing sea.

Then, exulting in the light and color,

I raise my camera, steady, aim

And shoot the wind.

Poem © 10-28-97; rev. 11-17-97 C.E. Carl

© 5-30-15 C.E. Carl Elias

Sunset Dreams

Staring out to sea,

I am held willing hostage

By the coruscations of

Kaliedescopic clouds

And setting sun.

Night gathers its cloak

Around the deepening dusk.

I return refreshed; yet somehow,

Supremely sedated.

Poem: © 12-5-97 C.E. Carl

© rev. 5-30-15 C.E. Carl Elias