Does one walk uphill to get to the beach?

I, dimwitted, did indeed

searching for Red Sand Beach at Hana

Up and up on a wooded cinder cone

through tall grasses looking for an elusive trail

past neglected gravestones with Chinese lettering

made of sea-worn basalt

rounded, standing like fat fingers

on the slope

Eventually one comes to the edge

of the forgotten cemetery

where erosion drops teetering headstones

down to the sea

a shoreline littered with fallen monuments

And there it was

the trail

far below

All I needed was to recall gravity

the force that draws gravestones down

and keeps water from flying

and helps hikers to descend to where

beaches can be found