BLANKET

As the Bay merges with the great Sea

My bare toes sink into her Sands

Swept away into the Sunlight

Eyes squinting through weak Sunglasses

The tide threatens to reach my blanket

I freeze as one often does

Hoping she doesn't reach my belongings and I

Nonetheless, the outcome is the same... nervous laughter

With relief I'm spared

Noticing others were not

But it's her warning if I selectly remain

We ante up, she wears a charming poker face

I withdraw only somewhat, allowing myself to tarry near her Shore

Children rolling off the lifeguard's sandhills

Collecting Sand Crabs in their Pails..

Creating a barrier to defer the waters

Deflected I am, by the glorious Sun and happy People

She must've noticed my guard had been lowered

As the Shark stalks his prey

Briskly, she swept across me, and soused my blanket

I fold...

©Hyde Rock