I, made my way slowly, jogging down the beach
closing in, towards the waning amber-rose sun.
The sound, of crashing waves, calms my nerves
as I attempt to catch hold of my breath.
Though, bitter be the drops of gloom, I swallow,
I, sought to embrace, the fire, that burns within.
Doubt, drives an arrow, into depths of my heart.
But then, life is never easy for those who dream.
I love the grain of sand slipping inside my shoes
the way, its warmth, tickles the soles, of my feet.
I listen to the wanton singing of the birds flying,
feeling closer to nature than ever before.
‘It’s going to be clear skies from now on.’
Photo credits: Pinterest
Posted for Poems in April @ Real Toads
Posted on Midweek Motif @ Poets United
42 Responses
Beautiful, Sanaa ❤
Thank you so much, Loredana 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
The last stanza is so gorgeous, Sanaa, and so hopeful, particularly:
‘I love the grain of sand slipping inside my shoes
the way, its warmth, tickles the soles, of my feet’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Clever combination of two prompts! I love ‘the waning amber-rose sun’ and the positive note it finishes on.
Thank you so much, Rosemary 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
I love the way gloom falls away and the poem ends on such a positive note. Well done.
Thank you so much, Beverly 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
A hopeful outlook, the ocean and sand between your toes. What more could you want?
Definitely ❤️ thanks for stopping by, Paul 🙂
I love this poem, as a dreamer, who knows life isn’t easy for dreamers, confirms the dreaming in her last 2 lines: “feeling closer to nature than ever before. / ‘It’s going to be clear skies from now on.’
Aww!❤️ Thank you so much, Susan 😀 so glad you liked it. I enjoyed writing this!❤️
I love the grain of sand slipping inside my shoes
the way, its warmth, tickles the soles, of my feet…
You capture the freedom of the moment very well.
Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I’m a dreamer too and I totally get this poem. I dwell in your last line.
Thank you so much, Myrna 😀 so good to see you ❤️
What’s there not to love about the positive outlook depicted at the end of this piece!
‘It’s going to be clear skies from now on.’
Beautiful!
Aww!❤️ Thank you so much, Khaya 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️
Great closing line… full of energy and optimism.
Thank you so much, Rajani 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
Clear skies from now on….yes…toss the angst into the ocean blue 🙂
Definitely ❤️ thanks for stopping by, Rall 😀
Beautiful write Sanaa!
Two things here, first the very picture you have painted of jogging on the beach with the vividly painted sun image… is brilliant. secondly, the optimistic note at the end, makes it an impactful piece!
Thank you so much, Vijita 🙂 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Oh, yes… Life is never easy for those who dream.
Definitely ❤️ thanks for stopping by, Susie 🙂
This poem was written by a young woman. Lovely.
Thank you so much, Sherry 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is so visceral, Sanaa. I can feel that sand in my shoes. Well done.
Thank you so much, De 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Very nice, Sanaa. I wonder how many dream enough to be “dreamer”. I dream. The line, “life is never easy for those who dream” tells it like it is. But I hope to never stop dreaming.
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Thank you so much, Jim 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
(I hope to never stop dreaming too!)
have to say, sand in shoes bugs me 🙂 ~
LOL❤️ thanks for stopping by, Michael 🙂
Oh! Really nice. If jogging can inspire this kind of dreamy positivity maybe I should find a beach and start jogging on it!
Definitely❤️ Thank you so much, Marian 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt 🙂 )
I would treasure a grain of sand in my shoes… just the memory of a day like that would be perfection
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I too luv those ‘grains of sand’ slipping into your shoes; beautiful, haunting, and in some parts melancholic
much love…
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
The lines took me to a sea shore…so so beautiful, Sanaa! 🙂
Thank you so much, Panchali 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️