vacation brings out the worst in me

 

 

aren’t the shells 

that wash up on the beach

the detritus 

which the ocean spits out

 

isn’t it a little sad

that the pretty shells 

are picked up

and the broken ones rejected

 

we catch glimpses

of porpoises

but the vast, teeming life below

goes unseen

 

i think i’m missing

the best of the show

 

~~~

 

though 

 

the sunset was pretty

baby colors

pink and blue

 

the gentle sound 

of the surf

on a calm day

is soothing

 

it masks sounds

other’s conversations 

and marco polo

at the nearby pool

 

i wish i was insensitive

to such things

 

~~~

 

i don’t like

that i’m stepping 

out of myself

 

i’m not in the moment

 

relaxing is

exhausting

thoughts

without direction

 

the gulf

is

very gentle

 

no surfers

 

i miss the city

the homeless never play marco polo

 

~~~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Written on 2015-02-08 at 14:34

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Perhaps the broken shells (if we suspend belief for a moment and image they have a consciousness) are relieved when we don't pick them up, and enjoy a hearty chuckle when their more attractive neighbors are toted off to someone's apartment--and are abruptly forgotten. :)

Just being silly. As always, interesting musings and observations writing in fine lines.
2015-02-08



I think that vacations, especially when taken alone, give us maybe too much time to reflect on what we set aside when we are busy doing what we do ... and that can be exhausting.

I found it to be a nostalgic and peaceful write, and yes, with some amount of reflection. Interesting first sentence. While plastic as big as a country floats aimlessly in the ocean, it spits out the little shells. I think it does it just to hear the music they make. :-)
2015-02-08


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
"[R]elaxing is exhausting;" at least it is most of the time.
2015-02-08