Nature's Gifts

A rippled breath of calm comes across the tidelands Rain clouds fold themselves into the rim of the horizon The sun descends towards a blaze of sunset brilliance Bringing the nightly patrons with chairs and cameras Dogs pull at leashes wanting a seaside romp and play While beach side cafes fill with empty bellies The storms racing in to erase blue skies with grey puffs As the temperatures drop jackets zip over hunched shoulders Beauty sparkles in diamonds on waves shimmering to shore Of white, grey and blue skyscapes mirrored in shiny reflections A pod of whales drift about their summer home in lazy circles Their spouts marking their game chasing a salmon dinner Just a bit of quiet time for busy lives that came to rest Given free gifts of nature as she shows her very best