Mackworth Island, ME Dressed in a Mood Indigo all around me I remove my sandals to sink in like we did along the textured sand ringed in layers of beige n black n brown I look out seaweeds & shells & stones exfoliate the souls that have already started to be stirred the lapping gentle waves rippling I dip my hands in to collect I scoop my hands down to collect Mackworth Island’s stoned wall steel frame cocoons me in to hear Charlie Mingus bassing as cicadas melodizing in the upper string registry Can you hear it? the little cherub with blue eyes & blonde curls & rosebud lips says relax I sit on petrified wood & think of you the wind caresses me like you do I could walk But I sit still instead drinking it in to pour all into you when I return [beat] I look up found from my thoughts a body floats belly side to sky neon pink swim cap catches the light [beat] when in Maine #observationalpoems #maine #on_scapes