POEM - 'On the Beach'

I sat on the beach

and

listened to

the sound of the water.

I closed my eyes

and

directed my attention

to the wax and wane of the waves.

The waves are the most natural sound—

just the kinetic elements in motion.

No electrical amplification

or surround sound speakers necessary.

I dug my feet into the sand

and could feel the cyclic

rhythm of the walls of

water hitting the beach.

It shuddered the sand

and vibrated my feet.

I stretched my arms wide

and gazed up at the sky.

It was absolute exhilaration

experiencing the midpoint of Earth and sea,

at the meeting point of worlds

in the twilight of the continental mass.

-GK Sandoval