Woozy sun blaring
Sticky sweat, lumbering and trudging through thick heavy air
Limbs languid, movements slow
A chorus of cicadas fills the stillness of the gorge
Puddles and trickles persist
On a different axis, the river burgeons and gurgles
Bones and ruins, branches and boulders cover the parched ground
In this dry, summer cathedral, thinking slows and presence blooms
The animate world holds me tenderly
Saltwater mouth, licklapping rocks
Lapis lazuli, cerulean, indigo
Aegean colours shifting, rippling, shimmering in our eyes
White thassian marble, boulders gleam and glint
With tightened snorkels we dive through Poseidon's turquoise realm
Schools of fish glide through the deep, floating and flicking through our minds
Foamy lips kissing rocks
Time lengthens, space widens
And cares are washed to sea
The night has been long
The dreams magnificent and exhausting
The nightmares brutal and devastating
Yet now is the time
The world is waiting for you, the world longs for you
Breakfast is ready, your family are gathered at the table
Sunlight is spilling through the windows and the children are playing in the garden
Wake up sleepy
