had a long afternoon walk at Goose Rocks Beach
just before the rain started.
walking on the wide-open sandy beach
made me feel like walking in a desert.
all of a sudden I saw the seaweeds that looked like flowers
and I saw the ripple marks with the seaweeds on top
like a tree with golden foliage.
why not? why can't we name them flowers or a tree?
at that moment even a seagull sounded like a child.
sounds crazy, but to me
it was fun and...liberating
I realized that we don't need to categorize or frame everything
the same way others do
someone may say I walked on a beach,
saw seaweeds and ripple marks,
and heard a seagull.
I like to think that
while walking on a beach,
while walking on a beach,
I traveled to a desert,
saw the flowers and trees on the ground,
heard a child screaming with excitement
and it was beautiful.
