When I reach the first glimmer of the sea
my heart sings.
Is it my sea-faring DNA welling up
or the sheer beauty of the day?
Gone from my head are concrete bollards,
road work and forty miles an hour,
cyclists pedestrians police cars,
watch for the cameras
I slow to savor the glisten, the gliding swell
the furling white, the tiny figures
surfing the lift with boards
in salt wind.
Let the road ragers toot, P-platers
overtake This is my own moment
I am halfway home
looking at the sea.
Jennifer Dickerson (New South Wales)
Know Kiama glad it still gives you joy.
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