I walk
from nowhere to nowhere
one step and the another
heel to toe
arms swinging
my body's rhythm
keeping time with
the wind
as it calls my pace
past the trees
shade and light
dappling my skin
perfumed with salt
elevation propelling breath
and pulling it in
gasps of life
calming on descent
feet soft now hard
until they call for
home

hot
humid
water running in the desert
down my back
salting my face
sweating my neck
pooling in the wash
and then
sluicing down to the ground
a puddle of wet
evaporating
rising
and beginning
again

Baby
coming
growing
erupting
wriggling
growing
oh here he comes

a seed
hidden
deep within
under her heart
nestles
grows
come out and play

Summer
flies
swims
angles
soars
reclines
sweats
burns
and finally
dissolves
into fall