..Floating On The Water.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

since it is a holiday here
we have decided to go to the beach
to enjoy sun and sand and shade of
trees beside the shores,

two dogs, a gray poodle and a dachshund
fish for dinner and melon for dessert
exchange of pleasantries and then the dip.

i float in the water looking at the sun
thinking about nothing for hours and hours.

i feel like i am emptying myself to the sun
and the sea and the vast space before me.

and then i hear nothing about you and the island.
the dogs wait on the shore yelping for me.