Skeleton Coast by Martin Locock acrylic on board (C) 2010
Breakers pound the beach
Editing the sea's graffiti
Rewriting lines in the sand
Bald dunes, too arid to retain
A hairline of grass
Inch towards the interior
The wind howls around
Bleached whale bones
I review my options
East and west - impassable
North and south -prospects unpromising
Offering no hint of change
Yet staying would be worse -
I'd face the same choice tomorrow
But would be tireder, weaker
I stand up, start to to walk,
My hollow footprints smoothed
By the shore's impatient hand
7/5/10
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