Give me a towering limestone cliff   Over a coral shore         Azure waves crashing there Birds called Man-O-War	Sun bakes our island’s rocky face Blowholes shoot their spray Shrubs cling in ceaseless wind I make my way to a cave
Vertical timeless cliff face Ochre streaked on gray Greenery clinging to cracks and faults As in Columbus’ day	Inside, caverns of jagged rock And organ pipe so smooth The ancient tunnel empty gapes No torrent as in its youth
Give me a trail of scudding clouds Watch them cross the top Shadowing the agave there Dizzy, I press the rock	I look out from my hidden haunt It’s dark though not quite cool The cavemouth frames an endless scene Of turquoise, green and blue
Sea grape, broadleaf, buttonwood Ipomea vine A huddled cockspur with yellow seeds A few of them now mine	What a scene! What imagery Here in this timeless place Devoid of man and all his schemes Just land and sea and space
Life exists everywhere Even this salty strand A fallen cay, a small fig tree A lizard on the sand	Space for thought and introspection Painting and creation Daily cares fall into place In nature’s culmination
	Jwp                 20110328 Inspired by the painting Pollard Bay by Thuyi Tin Aung