A frequent source of inspiration, I was thinking of a dear friend and beautiful woman, Dara, when I wrote this poem –

Awake at dawn
– Atlantic side
To greet the sun
Sail on the tide

Around the Keys
Chasing warm light
Where Gulfside views
Welcome each night

By moon she shines
– her twilight shows
In evening stars
Florida glows

© 2024 Phil Perkins

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Florida Room, by Donald Fagen (1993) – see lyrics here.