All my creative pursuits.
With summer waning and school about to start, this next week or two might be your last chance to get away on a vacation. We haven’t taken a break this year thanks to the move. Now that things are settling down, we hope to go to a beach somewhere – something that looks like this:
I’m going it alone for Monochrome Monday this week.
I’m able to walk to Ballyloughane Beach from the place I’m staying in Galway. No, it’s not tropical, nor is it warm but it’s along the Wild Atlantic Way – a beautiful stretch of rugged Irish coastline. And it’s wonderful to wake up in the morning and hear the seagulls calling.
My old friend, do you remember?
How hours rolled away slowly
Like the swash on a calm, clear day
As if we had all the time in the world
Summers full of sunlight
The sweet smell of heat and salt in the air
With unheavy hearts and unburdened minds
Sand between our brightly painted toes
Leaving fleeting footprints in the strand
Sunburned skin cooling to a tan
Beneath gauzy cotton dresses
Hanging lightly on our gazelle bodies
While the breeze tousled our tresses
Streaked with copper and gold
There were pretty boys we loved so desperately
But soon forgotten when the seasons changed
How easily broken hearts mended
When we were butterflies flitting in the wind
Yes I remember…
And I smile as I see what we’ve become
But now we will have fun again
Like we did when we were beautiful
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 