Abby

Throw
The ball!
I'll get it,
Wherever it goes.
I'll even try not to slobber.
Into the pool, the bushes, across the yard, throw it!
Throw the ball! Throw the ball! Okay...I'll wait patiently until you do. Okay maybe not.
Throw the ball!


Caren E. Salas

 

photos by Chrissy Cassidy

For Me

The ocean seems tired somehow;

Waves lapping softly on the sand

Half hearted and lethargic,

As though it hadn't the will

Or the energy to try harder.

Stepping out, the water surrounds me

Embracing me like an old friend,

Assuring me that, at least for now,

The tides will wait, patiently...for me.

Caren E. Salas 

the Sea

The sea blows kisses

As I walk along the shore

Like a lost lover.

Caren E. Salas

Mermaid

The only sound is the sound
Of my breath and strange echoes
That travel from the surface
Into my cool bluish world.
Weightless, I feel so at home
As though I were meant to swim.

Maybe in another life,
I was a mermaid under
The sea, hair flowing, long fins,
Living without gravity,
Flying through a liquid space
Where the stars are all alive.


Caren E. Salas



photo: weeklyworldnews.com

Boredom

Remember boredom?

When having nothing to do

Was a death sentence

Now I pray for days like that

Enjoying every moment.

Caren E. Salas