Sunbathing - a Summer Poem

The warmth of the sun holds you in an embrace Like a lover, gently kissing your neck and your face Your body relaxed, almost slipping away Your thoughts, abstract notions, hold reality at bay Strange drifting shapes inside your closed eyes The laughter of children, the buzzing of flies Boy chats up girl, so beautifully tanned Your love, lies beside you, reaching out for your hand Breezes send sand grains to sensitive places Sticky kids run amok with their ice-creamed faces The splash of the water, the fragrant tan lotion Your cares, just like flotsam… float off on the ocean