Always scorching heat in So Cal
enfolding me a sticky sweet embrace
thirsting for the cool of water
to lap at the brown skin of my face
Hopeful an outing in anticipation
to a place of sand and salt blowing
Colorado Lagoon a sleepy fresh water
would quench in a pinch for swimming
Tantamount to an ocean beach shore
concession stands to take your coins
even as a quarter sparkled at my feet
ephemeral as a cool wind purloined
© August 2016 Renee Espriu
Image Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself
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Thank You! I miss the beaches of my home state. The waters here in WA are not for swimming in.
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so true as for us on the west coast north.
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Well structured, Renne, and I like that you started with “scorching” and ended with “cool.” I can see that beach and even – though you don’t talk of scent – almost smell it and certainly feel the relief. Poem on …
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Thank you Jamie for taking time to visit. 🙂
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My pleasure. A good read.
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really? that must be horrible!
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It was and is very hot in California where I grew up but one could go to a spot by the ocean or like this man made lagoon and cool off. It is one of the things I miss about the area. Now if I visit it really is awful as I am no longer use to the heat. Thank you for your comment. Sorry the reply is long in coming as I found your comment in my Spam box for some reason. That hasn’t happened before so hopefully it won’t again. 🙂
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