At the beach a long time ago

Just me and the sea watching the seagulls

glide in the afternoon sun

Just me watching passing people passing

picking at seashells

with their toes and fingers

Just me sitting on the sand with nowhere to go

watching the sea crawling on the shore

stealing seashells

and then spewing them back onto the sand

I wonder if the sea ever gets tired of its monotony

backward forward backward forward backward forward

I wonder if the sun ever gets tired of shining all day long

traveling across the sky slowly slowly slowly

I wonder if I should rise and find a seashell

meant just for me

a gift from the restless sea

on this lazy sunny afternoon at the beach