JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
He sat next to her
Watching the sun fall into the Gulf
Yellow turned to passionate red
And palm trees and beach umbrellas
swaying in the cool breeze.
Powdery sand
White from the sun
faded to gray and then to black
as the light disappeared above the horizon.
She tightly held his hand
The strength showed purpose
and passion
He hadn’t felt it in a long time.
It felt like eternity.
The fire pit wall
lit the night
flames dancing sensuously
Their souls touched with the magic of recognition.
Her skin
Burnished in the fading light
glowed as he stroked her arm
Stopping often
Squeezing it
In a sign of devotion.
It felt like eternity.
He was transported to another beach
and another time
Diamond sand and translucent smoke
rising from a distant campfire.
He would lie with her
Next to an ocean
Teeming with life
Comfortable with death.