Somewhere

By Shaili Rachha

Somewhere, moonlight refracts on the ocean

Past sodden walls and hot concrete mirages

Somewhere, light dances through branches with voluptuous hips

Glittery arrows, milky sunlight warring with leaves

Somewhere; the taste of raindrops sweeter than the grain of a thousand cubes

The frost of chill, jutting icy diamonds blaring louder than any unforgiving siren

Skies so purple and pink, woven into a blanket of willowy, pillowy tufts

Subtle waves find solace in the undulating sea

Tracing a desert from which pearls find their end

Somewhere, beyond this concrete

We quietly bask where youthful dry gold lies condemned.

By Shaili Rachha