
Striking Beauty
Updated: Feb 26
I sailed in. The sun warmed the nape of my neck and lit the sea and sky that blended into a background of high steep cliffs on three sides
closer to the shore double strings of fish strung by their gill and a flotilla of pleasure boats accompanied by leaping dolphins
added to the colorful landscape
looking up, I saw the tip top ridge, the sparkling white snow-like houses preserved streets, squares and walls
entombed in the solidified ash, the apex of volcanic memory even stone staircases still intact
Later, I gazed at a starless daytime sky
and marveled at the unique ‘scape’, the sea Santorini rippling down my spine here in this place of promise
And for now – it is all mine
— genece hamby