Of Sun and Sand

I saw the world

in a head of hair

I know that sounds

strange

as strange as it

seems to me to say

but I did

and I can't say that

I didn't

for the sight I saw

saw me

and the light I sought

found me

and in that bounce

of curl

in the fullness of

shine

in the hues of

sun and sand

rolled as waves

across your

forehead

I saw a world

complete

and then

as if the clouds

were curtains

I saw you smile

the smile of angels

and I felt a falling

a falling away

of me

of that idea of there

being a me

as a wave falls away

back into the ocean

a return to

wholeness

a return to

sanity

I felt as the beach

upon the day

caressed gently

by waters warm

serenaded by gulls

a choir in swarm

of wings spread

of wings white

and beaks of golden

yellow

a family of porpoises

glimmers on the sea

playful in swim

the way of things

large and small

no one had to tell

the mom

what to do

or the children

how to play

and I feel now

in that bounce

and reflected light

of a head turned slightly

and a curve not seen

seen

that I need no instruction

to float

upon

the

day