NaPoWriMO #2: Poem of a specific place

Here I am, chiming in for day 2 of NaPoWrimo and thinking of a specific place to follow that day’s prompt and had to write about my home spot of Tocones where I grew up surfing. It isn't the most epic surf spot, but it's home... and quite often, that's all you need.

Prompt for the day: write a poem about a specific place —  a particular house or store or school or office. Try to incorporate concrete details, like street names, distances (“three and a half blocks from the post office”), the types of trees or flowers, the color of the shirts on the people you remember there.

Home Spot 

Not all churches need be serene

Some can be cerulean.

Sand for stone 

Saltwater altar

No roof to come between conversations.

Paddles taken

Steps had

A church is a church

If a slice of heaven makes you glad.

One’s devotion

Is another’s desire

One’s connection

Celebration inspires.

A church is a church

If in God you feel 

Connected, elated,

The divine in the real.

Need not have the biggest of waves

Just enough to feel as if you can walk on water

Or at least fly on a board.

Home is a wave

And I wave back at home.