Silence.
Smooth, glassy reflection.
Ripples
Peace.
Wind
Whispers darting back and forth
Be quiet, careful.
Suddenly
A thunderous crash
As a watery hand slaps the surface of the beach,
Sand soaring in all directions
Tumbling
Scuttling
Swept out to sea.
Silence again.
Kelp afloat
Bunching together
Drifting
Tendrils spreading, tangling, entwining
Whorls of fish this way and that
Alert, they swirl and
Churn.
A roar
As the driftwood slams the sand
As the kelp swarm washes ashore
As the ocean recedes, hissing dangerously.
The sun dries the seaweed
The sun warms the sand
The ocean is quiet.
Silence.
A splash.
Silence.
A howl.
Silence.
Back and forth,
Ebb and flow,
Slow and fast,
Harmony to discord,
Peace to violence
And back again.
Gianna Beluzo is a student at GCC who loves writing, especially about the beach. She admires the repetition and tranquility of the sea, and she likes to reflect this in her work.