At Matthew’s Beach

The day, already splendid,

increased its level of benevolence

with the braided glow

of rippled sun reflections

patterned by gulls and geese

in intersecting circles

and in looping Vs

And with a toddler’s foreign language,

the newness of his speech

the only thing that I could understand

And with the ease of afternoon

that spilled into the evening —

mid-October

and still not cold.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 16, 2014