First Day

New Year’s Morning

I didn’t bring my camera today -
wanted to be in the brightness

of sea-sparkle, sky-sparkle
light touching everything -

let my heart leap like the Dalmatian dog
jumping the waves, over and over -

the black dots of his coat
are small puddles of darkness

he’s carrying in and out of the water
dousing them in diamonds of spray.


1st January 2010