seeing with mind's eyes

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,

I traveled to a desert, 

saw the flowers and trees on the ground, 

heard a child screaming with excitement

and it was beautiful.