A Line In the Sand

There is simply a line drawn in the sand Tracing a route from the sea to the land Sometimes it swirls around and around Telling it's story without any sound Here it is broken, then badly mended It doesn't stop, the shore has not ended Then come the letters as big as a whale Spelling a name is just part of this tale It's Wiggling now this way and back The miniature footprints are easy to track A tell tale sign that there's children about That they're having fun, there can be no doubt The beach is a page, a spade for a pen We write sand-castle, again and again The line runs between them, now it's a track Imaginary train line, clickety clack The line on the beach means, "please can we stay" We turn to the kids and then finally say, (as the sun starts to dip, and sadly we go) "We'll do it again tomorrow you know" Contest : Line 8th Place Contest : featured poem of the week... 2nd place