<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527692" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Beneath a Morrocan Sky</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You could tell <br>by Mamie's face <br>she was sick </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of shish kebabs <br>in fact it seemed <br>that the whole Moroccan holiday </div><div style="margin:10px 0">was kind of getting <br>to her sensibilities <br>from the standing </div><div style="margin:10px 0">on the two brick toilets <br>to the shish kebab <br>food misadventure </div><div style="margin:10px 0">let's go walk <br>on the beach <br>she said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">before I throw up <br>with this crap <br>and so you walked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">with her down through <br>the path to the beach <br>the moon and stars </div><div style="margin:10px 0">above in a black <br>patchwork sky <br>the sound of the sea </div><div style="margin:10px 0">rushing in and out <br>and the voices <br>of the others </div><div style="margin:10px 0">getting less <br>and less <br>and she said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">looking up at the sky <br>isn't scary that sky <br>why is it scary? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you asked <br>it's so vast <br>like it goes on forever </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she said <br>I think Pascal found <br>the immensity </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of the night sky <br>disturbing <br>you said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pascal? <br>Is he on the coach? <br>Is he on the tour? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she asked <br>no he was a mathematician <br>and physicist and inventor </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and Christian philosopher <br>in the 17th century <br>oh right </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she said <br>boring shit <br>come on let's get </div><div style="margin:10px 0">on the beach <br>and lay down <br>and stare </div><div style="margin:10px 0">at the sky <br>and stars <br>and that bright moon </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and then we can snuggle <br>up close <br>and we'll see </div><div style="margin:10px 0">what comes <br>and she pulled you <br>onto the beach </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the damp sand <br>eased itself <br>between your toes </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the smell of the sea <br>hit you <br>and the sounds </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the wind <br>from off the sea's shoulder <br>and she pulled you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">down on the beach <br>beside her <br>and you lay back </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and looked up <br>and the vast sky <br>seemed to press down </div><div style="margin:10px 0">on you both <br>and she laughed <br>and said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">it kind of makes <br>you seem small <br>and insignificant </div><div style="margin:10px 0">doesn't it <br>she said <br>you felt her hand </div><div style="margin:10px 0">in yours <br>a soft pulse <br>of her being </div><div style="margin:10px 0">right there <br>like a small beeping drum <br>and she turned </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and looked at you <br>and smiled <br>and her smile was captured </div><div style="margin:10px 0">by the moon's glow <br>and you said <br>we need to remember </div><div style="margin:10px 0">this moment <br>this being here <br>this newness of being </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and she laughed <br>and said <br>don't get too deep on me </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and she leaned in <br>close to you <br>and kissed you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and her tongue <br>entered you <br>and the whole sky </div><div style="margin:10px 0">seemed to witness <br>the moment <br>seemed to want </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to embrace the kiss <br>the bright humanness <br>in her moonlit face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terry+Collett">Terry Collett</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527692" data-title="Beneath a Morrocan Sky de Terry Collett" data-description="You could tell by Mamie's face she was sick of shish kebabs in fact it seemed that the whole Moroccan holiday was kind of getting to her sensibilities from the standing on the two brick toilets to the shish kebab food misadventure ..."></div> </div> </div>

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