Stroking Waves

Growing up on the coast on a small farm, I often went to my favorite place, and today I write about it:



                                                                                  Blue, green
                                                                                    yet, gray
                                                                                          is also
                                                                                  a color
                                                                                     of the
                                                                                               sea.
                                                                                  Gulls punctuate
                                                                                    the surface---
                                                                                         white, showing
                                                                                  above the
                                                                                    blending in
                                                                                              of gray.
                                                                                 Seaweed,
                                                                                       newly green
                                                                                             fingers reaching,
                                                                                 stroking waves
                                                                                        as  one
                                                                                            would pet
                                                                                 a purring cat.
                                                                                        I come
                                                                                          to the beach
                                                                                 waiting for
                                                                                       the colors
                                                                                          to speak
                                                                                                to me.