The Beach
By Zac M
Published 19 August 2022
the soft blue waves
crash down on the moist sand,
the sharp shells feel like
stepping on a thousand Lego bricks, with each agonising step
the birds chirp and squark
as the people throw their left-over chips
at the group of seagulls
huddled around them
people are cheering at the beach cricket
and volleyball as they both score points
kids splash around in joy and build sandcastles
adults lay around doing nothing just soaking up the sunlight
people swimming around the rocks
fishermen yelling at them to get out of the way
lots of fishing lines cast out
look like a shiny plastic wall
sun is getting low in the sky
packing up the towels
packing up the surfboards
wishing that this moment would last forever