#poem, SUN DRENCHED TROPICS

(Photograph of Miami Beach, Florida, by and property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

SUN DRENCHED TROPICS

Sunburnt skin
and bloodshot eyes,
wading in shallow water,
dirty feet have crossed through dirty sand,
forgetting all the fairy tales they’ve spoken.
Lies, confusion,
confusion, lies…

A figure,
(perhaps a man?)
rises from the shark infested ocean.
On his shoulders,
trembling from the icy cold of
sun-drenched tropics,
sit the forgotten,
the hungry,
the beautiful,
the ignorant
and the fools.
Where to my laughing friends?
The foolish ask..
As far as I can tell.
we’re on our way to hell…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 15 DEC 2024 – Valencia, España

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  1. Avatar de niasunset niasunset dice:
    04/09/2025 a las 11:36

    Beautiful sky, and meaningful poem.. It seems really we all going to t(he(ll)re. Thank you dear Francisco, have a nice day, Love, nia

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/09/2025 a las 11:40

      Thank you so much dear Nia! All the best to you.

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  2. Avatar de beth beth dice:
    04/09/2025 a las 12:29

    beautiful –

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/09/2025 a las 13:43

      Thank you Beth, so much!

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  3. Avatar de Dawn Pisturino Dawn Pisturino dice:
    04/09/2025 a las 22:31

    Love the photo and the poem.

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/10/2025 a las 00:00

      Thank you so much Dawn!

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