FREE ESSAY ON POEM: LIFE'S A BEACH

POEM: LIFE'S A BEACH

Life's a Beach
I turned off the car and took a deep breath. Looking slowly up into the pink sky, I began
to watch the golden sun go to sleep. The beach seemed deserted, quiet, but peaceful. I
opened my door and put my feet out on the soft sand. I started taking my shoes off, then
my socks. I threw them in the passenger seat, and then shut the door. I looked out over
horizon of the lake and started walking towards the still water. With each step I took, I
could feel the warm sand crunch between my toes. Then suddenly, a sharp rock, but not
sharp enough to break the skin. 
Closer and closer to the calm water, I began sinking deeper in the sand. It was
comforting, the silence, tranquility, and warmth of the faint sun. There is a slight
breeze, warm, but cold and lonely. I could smell the scent of fish blowing through my
hair and body. The sun was still fading, slowly but surely the day was almost over. About
half of it is gone now. I could see shades of blue, red, purple, and pinkish-yellow. They
were mixed with puffy clouds that lined the beginning of the sky and the end of the
water. I noticed the darker shades on the bottom of the lower clouds. 
I stopped walking and looked up at the faint stars. The seagulls were flying overhead.
They were screeching and swooping at the water. I started to wish I were one of them,
flying free without any restrictions or limits. I listened to their voice, the screech.
Deep down in I could understand what they were saying. I can't explain it, but I was so
in love with the moment I thought I saw things as they did. I was in company of animals
that had no concept of time, and no worries, and I was contempt with that. I closed my
eyes and the faint sun warmed my face, as if shining only for me. The warmth made me feel
sad, because I had no one to share it with. It made me wonder if anyone else was doing
this same exact thing as I was right then. 
When I opened my eyes, all the birds were gone except for one. The bird was like me. It
didn't want to fly away; it wanted to stay there on that lonely beach and watch the
sunset of a lifetime. No sound, just the wind blowing thunderously through my ears. And
the waves crashing down on the wet sand. It made the hair on my arms stand up and I got a
chill, but I didn't move. I took another deep breath and started walking towards where
the water meets the sand. With each step I took, the sand got cooler and cooler. Then,
with a final step, it turned cold. My feet were in the cold water and sand. It was
sudden, wet, but soft. The dark blue water drew back in. Thrusting violently, crashing
everywhere, the lake threw its cool brisk body into my dry legs, scaring the lone bird
away with its unique destructive sound. 
The wind started to pick up a little. It was extra cold on the wet spots of my body. The
water was as black as silence, with only a slight reflection of the sun. I could not tell
the lake was there. The sun took the lake with it, to share with someone else. I stood
there for a couple more seconds, and before I knew it, the sun was gone. The colors
became more independent as the shadow of the sun lessened. Then, it was gone. Without
trace, sound, or movement. It was strange to me: an energy source as abundant as the sun
was just in my presence an energy source that heats a whole planet and a lonely beach had
left without a trace. 
I looked up and saw a whole new world of beauty, as if the sun left the people of the
night a gift until its return. The stars were bright and few. It was a little cloudy
higher up. I could only see the stars people stargaze over. But I focused on the ones
that were hard to see. Looking through the fog of the night sky, the smaller stars
exposed themselves to me. It was only a matter of time before I was accepted into the
night and they all welcomed me. 
The water crashed into my feet again, cooler than the previous wave. Splash after splash
after splash, but the cold waves had no effect on me. I was in such wonder and amazement
that my body became numb. I had no feeling because I was lost in a rare beauty that a lot
of people take for granted. The millions of scattered stars that covered that silent
night sky made a lonely beach seem a little more at home. I went to this beach in hope of
finding someone, perhaps a soul mate. But instead, I found that everything comes and
goes. 
The sun left me with a memory of its beauty with a sunset. The sunset left me with a
reminder that the sun is not for ever. The lone bird that stayed with me and watched the
sunset showed me that you don't have to know someone to share a beautiful moment with
them. Beautiful moments are beautiful moments, but they have a little more definition
behind them if you share them with someone or something. The night sky and stars, gave me
a sense of peace, knowing that we are never alone. The stars are always there, even if we
can't see them. 
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