Tender

Tender is the moment
When the sun is approaching the horizon-
But has a way to go yet.
It warms my body
As I peel a mango
Biting into its sweet watery flesh.
Juice and sunlight dripping
Everywhere.
Hair dripping
After a long and lazy swim
In a crystal clear,
Turquoise sea.
Rolling about in the water
Like a contented walrus.
Basking in the low,
Long infrared
Loving light from
The sun.
Tender is this gentle moment,
Birds singing faintly,
Father chatting lightly
With his young children-
All playing in the sea.
The sun is so loving.
I love it back.
Sunlight in my mango
Dripping down my chin.
Drops of water from my hair.
Tender, tender.

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