Poetry Monday

This poem is taken from a book of poetry called The Bamboo Trail.
Marjorie was a close friend to my mother and distant childhood memory for me. She and her husband had a tour of duty for the Air Force in Taiwan, and the book is a collection of the poems she wrote while there. Her book was published in 1973.

Black Sands

A Day at the beach,
Was always a treat;
The sun in my face,
Black sands 'neath my feet.

Each time—for a while,
I held in my hand;
Sugar-like softness,
Of volcanic sand.

Sifting it slowly,
Sometimes I would feel
It all was a dream,
The black sands—unreal.

A fairy-tale picture,
All mine to command;
From memory's scenes,
Of silver-black sand.

--Marjorie Kingston Skusa