Above even the meanest roof was an ageless world ...

I left no footprints on the shining sand - 

Clouds were reflected in the water left behind by the falling tide - 

  

Two seagulls picked at seaweed - 

Foreign students huddled in the dunes - 

I walked for a while with my eyes cast down, looking at the reflected sky - 

I could hear the sound of the distant waves - 

I was thinking about my parents, about my dad's tender smile -

I felt sad and emptied out of words - 

I looked up, tilting my head backwards -

I was soon lost in the strangeness of clouds - 

Above even the meanest roof was an ageless world - 

 

13.30

Monday 7 March 2016

Knoll Beach

Studland 

Dorset