Age

Run to the seashore collect shells build sand castles laugh Sand in your toes flip-flop footprints deep in the sand smiles That baby grows older No more childish laughter Run in the waves bring friends with you Poke dead jellyfish pick up tiny crabs feel slippery seaweed in between your fingers That toddler grows too frown at the kids smile flirtatiously at lifeguards and surfers relax in the sunshine tan in your swimsuit lie on the towel under an umbrella That teenager gets older Brings her own children with their father to the beach and watches her kids, watches her babies, grow too.