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INTO FOCUS

On a day not so very different
from today or any other day
(though now as I look back,
it was rather different, I’d say),
I woke up unexpectedly
to the silence of the fog.
And on this morning,
just a year ago or so,
I found something magical
in that haze as it hugged
the ocean’s edge
and me.

All alone with the morning,
the gentle music of the waves
brushing against the shore
and my heart,
I heard a solitary seabird
whose shriek pierced
the silence as memories
of Long Island summers
and early-morning fog
flooded onto the canvas
of this California morning
as I walked along the beach.

I pondered many things
within the solitude
of that morning a year or so ago
and thought it quite ironic
that so much came into focus
within the magic of the fog.
And as the seacliffs tossed aside
their morning blanket of white,
I inhaled the peace
that was left behind
as the gentle waves
still caressed the sand
underneath my feet.

(c) barbara kausteklis 3-19-12

Written for CPC “Magic Monday/
Is There Magic in Your Fog?”

http://www.friendburst.com/blog/82202/magic-fog-3-18-2/

Thanks always for your visits and comments.

~barb~