Beach Picnic For Two

BEACH PICNIC FOR TWO Calm and tideless, Warm and timeless, Unsalted, undeep – Warm Baltic half-asleep Hot sand, hard pebbles – Dark sparkling crystals Heated and sunlit, Ancient and granite In the tree’s glad shade we rest. Sand and branches make our nest. Seeds fall on us in a shower From the bird-cherry’s fragrant flower Hungry from the happy day, The bright and shady, lazy bay. Cool aroma in the dark – Cooking fire’s smoking bark. Sandy sandwich, melting cheese, Brush the breadcrumbs from our knees. Afternoon of scented air For a carefree laughing pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Description of an actual picnic for my wife and myself.) Written for Carol Brown's Contest - PICNIC TIME