a trail of smoke

away from the beach and the setting sun away from the sound of waves and the waving grass away from the distant mountains glowing red with the last light of day away from the canopy of rustling trees with jasmine scented air traveling through their branches away from the trickling river that ebbed and flowed…

pool of fishes

she dipped her hand into clear water and waited all of the sudden a fish lifted its head and kissed her finger another fish swam over and another and another and she smiled as they let her glide her hand over their scales  it started to rain she looked up  and as she did a…