Katie B.

Seaworthy

The volatile sea churns

Pounding delicate grains

Of seaworthy sand

At water’s edge

Palpable surges of the 

Seas finest blue-green mix inch forward

A caressing flow of the sea’s heartiness

Travels up bony ankles

Leaving them taught like a stretched band

Energized by the melding of sea and salt

I run-on hard-pressed sand

It is gummy and thick like fresh poured concrete

I indulge in nature\'s largest aquarium

Submerged, the shoreline is no longer believable

I tumble on the ocean floor with gray speckled fish

Wondering if they tire from perpetual motion

A school of pink, gelatinous jellyfish skirt around

Dolphins pose midair

A shot of salty sea rushes in my mouth

Lukewarm and putrid

Wrapped like a burrito in my shrinking orange towel

I make strides to maneuver dunes unending

The day, seaworthy