BC Dreaming

Just daydreaming.

Just a moment ago

Words flooded

Through my mind

Like a tsunami.

Scrubbing bare

Every notion and idea

That lay developing

Within my mind's recess.

Guess

It's my west coast birthright

Struggling to emerge

In the bright sunlight

Which bathes me

In southern Ontario.

After a long

And daub Winter

Followed by

A very chilly

And wet Spring.

Longing to walk

Through the dunes

Kicking the sun-kissed sands

With my bare feet.

Feeling the rush

Of the incoming tide

Swirling around my legs

Playfully.

Of the brine

Left behind

As the waves retreat

Across the bay.

Watching

The little crabs scurry

And other sea life

Lay upon the beach

Exposed to our touch.

Sigh.

Alas

Lake Ontario is

A far cry from

The Pacific Ocean

Where I was born.

Especially

During this time

Of the year.