The sun has gone

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bow of a bamboo boat on a small island

the sand scorched
heat and absence
our monsoon rains are late this year

and tonight (at last the night)
the dogs will sleep
inside fresh holes

dug into the cool sand
not like this burnt afternoon
dusk, where the sun has gone

(I don’t know)
but her sting
biting still

boat on a Philippine island

Visiting Piagao Island at Nueva Valencia, Guimaras for an eco-camp last weekend — the heat when we first arrived was overwhelming. I was so grateful as the hotness of the day began to recede; and smiled the next morning at the sleeping holes bored into the sand by the island dogs. I too wanted one of those cool-sand holes.

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Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is a freelance writer, blogger and creative. She writes for business clients and online publications all over the world. When she’s not writing about holistic health and ways to become a more effective writer, Mel is practicing tai chi and supporting the emotional wellbeing of marginalised kids in the Philippines. Sometimes she even has time to cross stitch.

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