LANZAROTE TWO

      LANZAROTE TWO        TIM WILLIAMS      DEC. 2015

A COUPLE WHO'S QUEST IT IS
TO SEARCH WITH ROD AND LINE FOR SUPPER,
TRY WITH AMATEUR HEARTS TO BEAT THE CAFE
TABLE TARIFFS,
AS THE SURF SOOTHS AND SMOOTHS THE SEA SHORE LAVA,
WAVES CRASH AGAINST ROCKS AND SOUND LIKE A DISTANT FOOTBALL CROWD,
ONCE LOUD BUT THROUGH DISTANCE ALMOST A WHISPER NOW,
THE HARSH , SHARP LAVA ROCK REARS UP ABOVE ME,
DEFIANTLY IT CHALLENGES THE SEA,
AND I SIT SILENTLY , JUST A SPECTATOR , STILL AND ROCKBOUND.