Drought

Another place. Such a lovely place. Such a lovely face. lIVIN IT UP IN THE HOTEL CALIFORNIAAA- okay yeah it's a poem about a place

Some several long-gone summer days ago

I happened upon you

When a penny flashed by, a copper mirage as I walked along

I stopped, and ducked beneath branch and bush to find it

I stumbled for a while and emerged into a clearing

Or, rather, a massive rock

A boulder as big as a house and I stood on its peak

An ancient rooftop overlooking a tranquil bay

With water spilling and flowing over rocks in the way

Rolling, crashing, sending dazzling reflective light in jewel-like beads 

The sun overhead pounding down

Warming the rock beneath my bare feet

And sending rays of light bouncing and reflecting into the bay

Oh, it was simply magical,

And I stood there for several minutes with my eyes closed

Burning stone under my feet and thundering, cresting wave sounds 

Reverberating in my ears, pounding in my chest like a thousand drums

Hidden enchantment of nature behind just a few leaves

The glory of nature set free and wild, roaring with triumph

Right there, where I was

I came back in 2 years with promises of that same summer magic

Having convinced my friend to come along

And so I guided them and we lost ourselves in the same forest

Ducking through the same branches and shrubbery 

Until we were standing, once again, on that rock

The old, warm spot I had stood before 

And I blinked, opening my eyes, to see

That the entire bay was gone.

Dried up.

In caution I leapt from the top of the boulder into the barren canyon

Landing in dust of old clay, sending up an eruption that clouded my vision

But I could still see that the water

Which must have been millions of gallons 

All spilling and flowing and roaring through the bay

Became nothing, nothing but a copper-dusted drought. 

Author's Note

I don't even know what I'm doing. Keep that in mind.

Reviews

[sette]

it's ok the writing was good, you use powerful words to describe the drying up i just interpret it differently.