Mellon Charles Beach, 2020
Early one September morning…
Suddenly, clouds seem to explode beyond the dangerous slipway,
sand tries to cover the crumbling concrete,
limpets and barnacles cling on
and seaweed lies low, drying along the rusty rails.
As the clouds disperse …
Slowly, sun and shade creep up the beach and the dangerous slipway,
The tide turns to reclaim concrete and rails,
sea restores the desiccated weed
and life stirs again in the limpets and barnacles.
Warmth colours the rocks as wavelets of sky run ashore.