Summer Surrenders

 


She cared about the sand between
her toes, rough and annoying

She let the Sun paint rouge
over her cheeks as
she swam backstroke in
her blue terry cloth aquarium
          side stroke in a wind shift then
          front crawl in a moment of weakness

she’s prone to collapse before
small waves of the lake
          swimming with a lover
          a whisper bathing her ear
          a kiss blown across the rouge
          bashful and moist

She surrenders the moment to
the careless calculations of
the sunburned sand