A Day At the Beach

Foaming bubbles on the sand As salty water reaches land The thunderous sound of waves crashing Children joyfully laughing and splashing It is another Aussie Summer on the beach Work and stress, way out of reach Time to relax, soak up some rays Take a step into a new phase The gulls high above are soaring In the white sand kids are drawing Amateur love hearts in the sand As loving couples walk hand in hand There’s an abundance of happiness Plenty of smiles and a kind of peacefulness A warm glow, spreading out from within Take a deep breath as your surroundings sink in A myriad of ancient rock pools to explore Full of oceans’ treasures galore All odd and ends swept in from the sea Discoveries made as imaginations run free Water laps at your toes as you stand on the shore Multi-coloured shell fragments lifted off the ocean floor Are scattered haphazardly along the water line Shells hammered by forces into shards so fine A Mother holds a shell against her daughters’ ear Explaining the ocean sound that you can hear A wondrous smile grows on the child’s face She is mesmerised by this magical place The beach is unique, in a class of its own A place to go for comfort or when you’re feeling alone Aquamarine water and white tipped waves Brings about great content, as your soul it saves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ©copyright Juanita Torr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~