Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.
Dark water holds the light
like secrets,
each ripple strikes a match,
a scattered chandelier
with no ceiling, no cord,
just the sun
spending itself recklessly
across the waves.
NAR©2026
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This is “The Shining Sea” by Tony Bennett
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A lovely interpretation of the prompt.
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How lovely Nance a fantastic job of capturing the fluid, unpredictable nature of light on water – lovely song choice he was one of my mother’s favourite singers ❤️
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Another lovely poem my friend, deserves another lovely song …
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A very beautiful take dear friend. Love the idea of sun spending its light recklessly. Thanks for joining in.
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Beautiful Nance! 🌻💜💜
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