Summer is Here!

Here is a little something I wrote years ago at the beach, soaking up the sun and people watching.

Staring across the silvery surface
the spanse of time unbeknownst to all
hundreds of bodies
floating, soaring
all moving to some strange Earthly beat
but all adding their own dance
their own rhythm
in the timeless waters, ageless sands
castles raised and destroyed
an unending battle of moon and tides
some fearful, some brave
against the waves lapping upon their bodies
all time stops upon the sands
an unearthly peace falls upon their heads
cool water bathes over feet
as footprints disappear into the sea
there is a sacred pattern
Every wave created
by wind, by land, by the living
each warring against the other
in a sacred battle
till the water dries up
the land rearranges
and the world changes as only it can
in the timeless dance
so old we do not even notice, in a lifetime, what our own beat adds to the dance
feet pound into the sands
memories lost in the earth
to be rediscovered and remembered by another
a young child's laughter is born
adding to the endless rhythm
adding to the tradition of the beach.