Dusk at Laguna

water

limpid

tint by a light cyan

caresses the golden sand

tickles the tender foot of a toddler

knocks down the barricades and

washes over the flimsy castle

sky

vast as the sea below

its hue of lilac complimented by

the fierce amber gleam of the setting sun

fulgent as it hides behind the horizon

and the subtle ivory tinge of a few roving clouds drifting without destination

seashells

strewed unevenly across the shoreline

that stranded a few foams left by the receding wave and tangled in between the seagrass

its dainty shell pirouettes inwards into the twirls of a fresh-out of oven croissant

at the corner bakery

kissed by the last rays of light

its iridescent fade of turquoise shimmers in the distance...