NEAR THE SEA

Pratiek Sparsh Samantara

Today I walked the length of the sea,
As the courage to go in I couldn’t muster;
The sea shells on the ground acted as sentry,
So did the stars on the sky, a cluster.

The soft breeze pulled from the front,
Urging me to go on
I resisted and kept going,
Knowing it’ll soon be morn.

Something gently clawed at my toe
And gently did I pick it up
To find a li’ll crab within my fingers
With eyes bigger than a pup’s

With pleading eyes it asked me to go in,
I defied its request;
But found my resistance crumbling
So gently I put down the li’ll pest.

The shining moonlight reflected on the sea,
The sand dragging me into it,
The various denizens looked on behind my back,
Fearing I may soon split.

And knowing I couldn’t go on any longer,
I began a steady skip,
It didn’t do any good for my whim,
I just couldn’t steal by and slip.

I looked up at the heavens above,
And then down to the sand,
And ran across to something silver;
Leaving behind the squishy land.