Sea, sand and sky

The sun licks the sea

Its waves orange and black

Laughing,

Their lapping fringe rolling back

Rippling fingers

Probe glistening sand

In sweeping stream

They wander wet land

Sucked under

With current in rhythmic flow

They shimmer and leap

In luminous glow

As if I'd squeezed the sky

Luscious orange in my hands

Sparkling pearls of juice drip,

Land afloat milky gray

If only I could drink the sea

Thick Creamsicle foam,

Loose myself within

Lustrous swells of passion aglow

--Alicia (2008)

(Butterfly Beach, Santa Barbara)