Steamy, hot, and thickly humid,
The ocean dispatched its savory scent
To lure us forward.
Uncertainly, we followed.
Setting out an unfamiliar quartet,
Of mismatched notes and bellows,
As unharmonious as
Rusted steel against glass.
Lugging beach chairs,
Umbrellas, and discontent
That he who binds us
Chose not to accompany us.
Gratingly,
we trudged against the burning sand,
As well as each other,
Selecting a “spot.”
With pinching, sandy shorts, salted lips,
And exclamations of misery,
Suddenly, it came to me
In the form of a dried, crusty crab.
“I’m building a castle,” I announced.
My three charges looked apprehensively,
One to the other,
Before searching, excitedly for adornments.
Each scrambled,
Scouring the beach near and far,
To contribute to the Masterpiece
Symbolizing a truce, a unity.
Ours was never meant to be calm,
Too much sugar, salt, and dead fish
To create a smoothie, yet
Stormy- we settled for a stormy union.
Made of gale winds,
Fluctuating temperatures,
Carping and fluking,
Tart as lemons.
Its beginning a crusty ole crab,
Encased in sand,
Decisively placed atop the magnificent,
King Crab Castle.
Whimsy and truth. Thank you for sharing this moment at the beach. Our Atlantic is but 40 miles and too many weeks separated from us. It calls.
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Thanks for reading. It was a day to almost give up hope!
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Ah, but I’m glad you found the answer in the play 🙂 Like your gravatar image, whether acid or alkaline, the bloom is beautiful of itself.
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Very evocative write, with the ocean, the sand castle serving as a most powerful metaphor. So much to read in between the lines.
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Thank you so much for your comment! It truly was a make or break day. We were saved by a crusty ole crab! 🙂
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You make me long for the sea… the real one with salt and crabs… Too far from where I live.
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Loved your poems. Looking forward to more.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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Pleasure
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