I have heard about this beach, the meandering boardwalk, the wide expanse of sand. I imagine<\/p>\n
roaming piles of driftwood, singing like a gull, a lonely song that moves me.<\/p>\n
My bare feet are sandy<\/p>\n
and burnt like my father’s after we left him.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Waves thrumming on and on will change you, they say. Whittle you down like driftwood and<\/p>\n
take your power away, leaving you sunk beneath the waves. But then the gulls squawk,<\/p>\n
fluttering down, pulling apart sea stars.<\/p>\n
And my thoughts break apart and fly up.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I imagine standing on a gray log and calling back to them. I heard that I might find my song<\/p>\n
someday. And now I think I have. I sing the song of the gull and stand strong.<\/p>\n
I wrap myself in kelp<\/p>\n
and run into the waves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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