The beach

Warm sand that sinks with each step

Squinting in the sun

Smiling in the sun

Wind blowing my hair over my shoulders

Stray hairs across my face

Walking forward against the force of the wind

Sand gradually feels cooler, wetter, denser

A surprise wave laps my toes

Cool clear water

Step forward, cool up to my calves

Little butterfly shells

In purple and orange pastels

Disappear and reappear

As the wave ebbs and flows

White foam comes and disappears

Woosh in, wishh out

Stretching out

To the horizon

We’re here on the edge

Of an immense ocean

And I get to feel the water

And the wind