In my favorite fantasy
I am given
permission I am prone
face toward the light
beach queen bathed in body
A thought that comes from a coming-from the sweet place
where a sunset isn’t indescribable
something simply looked at
The sun sets I sit
sinless in sand
I sip only once
Copyright © 2019 by Chase Berggrun. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 9, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.