Family Vacation
Sweat dripping down my forehead
sand glued between my toes
the crunch of an unwanted
piece in my teeth
and the sun happily frying
every inch of my body.
Waves pounding against
my knees
shells grazing my feet
and the pure bliss
of waves so loud
you can’t hear my family’s
bickers on the shore.
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Very revealing!
Nice build up to the punch!
Love the tension between the violent joy of pounding and grazing nature to the bickering on the shore.
Agree with LIz…the descriptions of the poem contrast nicely with the final line…nature will help (even as it fries!)…