Sea Dunes

The wind-swept dunes

witness the waters

as they swell and recede.

The shoreline changing

with the tide and the wind

and there it begins again.

The sea grasses sway

with the gentle breezes

in the calm of the day.

The ocean’s vast expanse

having its own way

as streams of sunlight

pierce the sky blue-gray.

The children run and laugh—

they splash and shriek as they play—

being changed beneath the sun’s rays.

The sea dunes shift and listen

as the sunlight glistens

off the waters of the ocean

—as all of life is in motion.

©️November 13, 2021, Robbie Pruitt

Blood Red

The sun set in blood red

reflecting off the glassy pond

blood red sky at sunset

—clouds in blood red

reflecting like bloodshed

the sky upon the pond

bridging the waters

with the blood red sky beyond.

©️Robbie Pruitt, November 6, 2021

“Thus says the Lord, ‘By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.’” (Exodus 7:17, ESV).

In evening’s final glow

we sit and watch

the day’s end

and the light show—

resting in the evening’s end

we hope for the new day

our time to begin again.

The Trinity Trees

dot the ridge-line in three

silhouetted in the sunset

and swaying in the summer breeze.

August 12, 2021, Robbie Pruitt

Photo by Robbie Pruitt.