Wednesday, 13 July 2016

CALIFORNIA

Maybe it's because I was thinking about the Eagles earlier. There's a sort of link, I suppose, but honestly, the idea for this poem just came out of nowhere. It's supposed to capture a mood and a culture I think.

California

String up the fairy lights
Rush to the beach
Feet in the sand where
The waves can't reach

Strum a ukulele
Or a mandolin
Play them as the surf
Comes rolling in 

Sing to the Pacific
In the twilight hue
Watch the clouds descending
On the endless blue

Listen to the rhythm
Of the young and free
Carelessly abandoned
To the roaring sea

Feel the summer breeze let
Guitars take you away
Arms around your knees as
night eclipses day

String up the fairy lights
Over the sand
Sing while you are young
In a carefree land

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