she scribbles in sand with orange feather
belly-sprawled like an exhausted swimmer
or beached mermaid. Such poetic weather
sonnet moon controlled the tide. A shimmer
of sweat-beads sparked ethereal glimmer
and highlighted elongated lashes

sand-steam arose, (helped her hot words simmer)
as south-of-her-ankles a wave crashes
encroaching upon her dots-and-dashes
yet she continues to scribble unphased

knowing full well that those creeping splashes
shall soon unword any sequence she phrased


- originally published in 'Deadwords Collective'