Just Listen

It's so quiet here.

Oranges and coconuts

Hung over the trail that led to the sand 

My heart danced to the humming of the crickets 

They cry out in a different cadence than the crickets in Savannah. 

The taps of the rain hit my finger and I taste the tears of each cloud

A story 

Covered in red and yellow water colors

Meshed with blues 

Peace filled jars that smell like fresh peaches 

Peppercorn over greens 

I drew the butterflies that I saw while I was laying in the pool

They were yellow and black

Stripes 

They started out together

Went up real high 

And separated 

Two different ways 

I admired their independence 

They weren't afraid to go off on their own

Drifting 

Floating 

And closing my eyes to see 

the rhythm of the crickets in the night

I have not loved yet 

And tomorrow I will

Ask 

Why

Where 

When 

Will I stand by the ocean and watch the manatees with my lover

I will ask

But I already know the answer. 

In that golden ball of light

I laid for three hours

And a dragon fly landed on my shoulder

The ship is coming in

Tomorrow I will meet my captain

We'll sail off into that golden ball of light

No words 

And yet 

I will be listening