The texture is similar, Only warmer, So when you twiddle your toes, With a twinkle in your eye and dig in The grains are wider apart, They don’t cling as much or send Shudders down your spine, The waves gush forth, Less wild, less melancholy, free’er More friendly to the touch. It froths up the faster it gushes The ocean, sway with me Take me round Let me walk on you Keep me afloat. Like the Dead Sea buoyancy The sky is streaked Orange, yellow and pink Sway with me Like the ocean when it’s at peace Published in Daily Times, April 2nd 2018.