Seashore Solace

A visit to the seashore
Will soothe a heart in need
And make small cares and troubles
Seem minute grains indeed


Inhale the bracing sea breeze
And stroll on sun-kissed sand,
Peer out at fishing vessels-
Small specks so far from land.


Attend to great waves crashing
Upon receding shore
And marvel at huge conch shells
Flung down with mighty roar.


Join eager,sandy children
At architectural play,
Constructing moats and castles
High tide attacks each day.


Ascend the wind-tossed sand dunes
Where feathered sea oats grow,
Observe the Sunset Artist
On ocean spread orange glow.


You'll feel at one with heaven,
A part of sand and sea.
The rythym of the ocean
Pulsates etrnity!

                          Louise Pugh Corder