NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY

Thoughts while sitting alone at the beach

No Lifeguard on Duty

 

The beach is now closed there’s no lifeguard on duty

Memories of summer fade as does it beauty

Swim at your own risk never lose sight of the shore

No watchful eye to warn of the rip tides any more

Buoys and markers are removed for the season

Plastic fences, red tape installed without reason

Large rocks strewn about in a puzzling jumble

Trip the unwary on their way to a stumble

Sand castle remnants now retreat into the coast

Consumed by the moats dug to protect them the most

Holes dug to China lay unfinished and shallow

Footprints to nowhere impossible to follow

Passing gulls ridicule me with their screeching cries

As the sun’s reflection blinds my half-opened eyes

The lonely wooden bench on which I sit and wait

Is cold and hard as my inevitable fate

 

 

 

Reviews

[Samwam]

Wow Roger. I really appreciate your writing. Its stunning and makes me read it over and over. Thank you so much for sharing

[Roger Turgeon]

This was about the loss of support systems...those people that enable our lives.

[Susan Beth Horvath]

This is so well done! Thank you have sharing your work here.

[Roger Turgeon]

Thank you for the read and review. I appreciate your stopping by.