A walk

Against the wind, we walked
along the boardwalk
swerving, from other walkers
and veering into pebbles, 
my dress a dancing ribbon
orange against steel blue sky. 

We took the path beneath the bridge,
you needed somewhere to sit,
and wind was snatched from our ears, 
emerging into sudden silence
we found a  garden of agapanthus 
and poppies peeking through grass;

Somewhere, younger families played
their voices muted among the tall reeds
and grass that hushed, a sussurus,
a cotton candy field of beige, 
silence settled around us like a blanket
after long days spent in the waves
and sand still drying on our feet.