Sea

The wondrous sea captivates my soul as I sit beneath the malingering palms I can close my eyes and dine on imaginations from its offered sounds I can listen quietly to the soft throb of the waves as they rush to shore changing from dark blue to light blue to white before vanishing in the sands of the shore along a red thin line on the horizon a sailboat slowly moves the sails are pushed by the wind toward the sunset pelicans glide in the distance between voluminous clouds of white and gray then fall like spears into the sea seagulls arrive like thieves to steal fish their squeaky sound belies the struggle for life between the hunter and the hunted the scent of salt air fills my attention with every breath I take I look out at the sea's great expanse and have a sense of smallness filled with wonder the power of all this I feel deeply my soul touches time and space in a union of serenity from the sea's immeasurable beauty 4/7/23 Writing Challenge "S" Words sponsor Constance La France "SEA"