Cuttlebone and Cobwebs

Unseen

Unseen by most

the stranger sat blindly looking out to sea

mesmerized by the mantra of waves

breaking crisp against the brassy coast.

Walkers drifted

now in, then out of peripheral vision

hands sunk deep into baggy pockets 

shuffling feet, skiing, hardly lifted

in polished brogues

following preoccupied, bag-clutching wives.

Committed barefoot shoe carriers

dedicated liberated rouges

loosed toes lightly

slipping convention through sifting sand

newly experiencing yesterday.

Flax coloured youth, studies packed tightly 

for unscheduled day

pleasantly alone, not butterfly lonely

like the metamorphosing stranger

unseen above the silk clouded bay,

refueling on silence

and the intoxication of the sea,

forgetful in others footfalls

bolstering flagging self-reliance

against life's cacophony.