A Good Friday Walk

 ~ not quite the sleepy seaside town ~

~ Pilot Bay curves away in the distance Norfolk Pine stand strong along the shore ~

~ puffs of cloud gather on distant horizon beyond harbour and mountains ~

~ a sign of caring for our sea life stating limit per gatherer ~

~ paua 10 ~ kina 50 ~ mussel 25 ~

~ private boats float ~ in colourful contrast is one ~ deep red and black ~

~ upon the bank ~ the child with youthful gait ~ bounds ~

~ like a mountain goat ~ he runs along the hillside ~

~ exotics flourish beside the sea ~

~ the sand through bush ~ beyond rocky bank ~ invites naked feet ~

~ rock hopping we descend to walk beside bluest sea ~

~ the port minuscule in the distance ~ beneath and beyond ~ cloud clustered horizon ~

~ the distant Norfolk distinct in miniature line the harbour shore ~

~ toward the channel we stroll ~ between boulders ~ upon firm damp sand ~

~ child runs free ~ between boulders ~ to hunt bugs by the bank ~

~ a stranded log lay ~ atop boulders ~ good resting place ~ for long of leg ~

~ in the distance sails drift ~ between mountain and long island ~

~ dappled shade from pohutukawa tree ~ long across the sand ~

~ long island disappears ~ into the horizon ~ far beyond the beach ~

~ Matakana Island ~ across channel ~ lays long ~ 

~ clouds dotted ~ stacked high in the blue ~ framed by trees and rock ~

~ a graveyard of fallen ones ~ scattered upon the shore ~

~  healthy limbs ~ reach out from bank in mockery ~

~ between trees ~ the island disappears into farthest horizon ~

~ a clutch of rocks ~ stand alone ~ apart from the shore ~ strong resistant ~

~ the mighty engine ~ camouflaged amongst boulders ~ a final resting place ~

~ waves come crashing ~ I stand my ground ~ not feeling the spray ~

~ over boulder youth frolicks ~ a good Friday by the sea ~

~ to contemplate the invisible horizon ~ limitless timeless ~ it is ~