recurring waves...

The recurring waves...

coming... going...

right up on the beach...

lifting up the bits of leaves, shells and sticks..

 I tiptoe jump to avoid going under :)

     with my toes...

the sound- the beautiful sound...

deep undercurrent base...

and the light... breaking... waves

     coming nearer...

     then sizzling out.

The wind is on my face...

reminding me to take deep breathes in...

and revel in the beautiful sensation

     the wind on my face...

and sunshine...

     oh wow...

that sneaky little diva sunshine...

making my smile widen to it's fullest- on my face.

     SO BEAUTIFUL- my heart screams inside of me...

I am so thankful for it.

It glows so bright...


Then the clouds come in... like an elder, and say, 'calm down now...'

'yes, i know... but... :)... I'm so excited!!!',  I imagine the sun feels.

I feel like that sometimes too.

And so the sky becomes grey, and thick with clouds... lighter where the sun is resting.


Black birds adding depth and distraction to the dense sky.

The trees lining the water- almost all naked of their leaves... down to their raw skeletons.

So we can see what they really look like.

Their shapes much different without all those colours and textures.


And the sand that i sit upon... Right here in front of my face...

Sand- that is a culmination of it all.

     Time, story, elements...

     the cycles we call life and death...

     And the whole entire planet Earth.

     And the One Universe.


I am simply thankful.  grateful.

     Appreciative, honoured, humbled.

As i sit here, on this beach,

I offer myself.

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I SAT IN THIS ROOTED, CENTRED, HARMONIUS POSITION...

 I CHANTED A MANTRA, THAT FLOWED OUT OF ME NATURALLY...

Om, Tryambukum, Yajamahe, Sukandim Pushti Vardanam

Oorvah-rukah Mivah bandanum

Mrityor, mukshiya ma meer-taat, Om

JUST ONE FULL VERSE, THE FULLEST EXPRESSION...

IN THE LAST MOMENT, THAT LAST 'OM'...

I FELT A DROP ON MY FACE.

I SMILED... OPENED MY EYES... AND SAW THE DROPS VIBRATING AND RADIATING ON THE WATER...

THE RAIN GAVE ME THE REMINDER THAT ALL THAT WE HUMANS DO, WE CAN SEE IN NATURE, GIVING US SPACE TO BE... TO CRY LIKE THE RAIN, GET EXCITED LIKE THE SUN... FLOW LIKE THE WATER... SIT STILL LIKE THE EARTH...AND MOVE LIKE THE WIND.

IT CONTINUED TO RAIN THE REST OF THE DAY...

THOSE MOMENTS... COMING AND GOING...


I FELT THAT SINGLE DROP...

AND THEN I CRIED ONE MORE...