Free Fiction Friday - She Raced the Waves

Here's a prose poem for your enjoyment. I don't write a lot of poetry, but when I do... ;)

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She Raced the Waves by Lyndon Perry

She raced the waves as they crashed behind her

with thunderous applause

as if she’d won a gold medal at the Olympics.

When the packed, sea-heavy sand changed abruptly

to thick, ankle-deep grains of brown and gold

she flopped to the ground and basked in the sun’s warmth.

Her eyes shut tight against the sun’s glory,

she could still hear the roar of the waves

and every third or fourth pounding

felt the spray of the ocean beckoning her

to return and run and frolic along its expansive coast.

Making sand angels instead, she felt

the tiny rocks polish the backs of her arms and legs;

she could taste the salt and smell the drying kelp as well.

But it wasn’t the allure of any of these magnificent and sensual pleasures

that finally compelled her to return and baptize herself

one final time

in the crisp, rejuvenating waters a block from her home.

It was the call of her mother

for lunch

and

“don’t bring any of that sand in the house with you this time.”

She Raced the Waves © 2017 by Lyndon Perry

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