The Beach Poem by Stephanie Boccia

A warm comforting breeze introduces itself to the welcoming skin of your face. Rollerblades, skateboards, and banana bikes wiz by leaving you in their whoosh of adrenalin. Standing there peering intensely at the enormous herd empowering every inch of the exceedingly popular shore. Derailed by the sizzling crackle of the gentle sand searing the dry blistering bottoms of your feet. You hop as though you are escaping the wrath of a monstrous volcano sputtering blazing balls of fire at every stride you make. You unravel your soft colorful towel and cautiously keep a watchful eye on the malicious teasing grains of sand. Finally you position your soft colorful towel to where no teasing grains of sand can afflict your shield of defense. Ready to wipe the curdling heat off your smoldering skin, you apply the oozing liquidy substance of SPF 30 sunscreen and charge straight for the questionable waters. You instantly receive an electrical shock which then shoots up you leg and bounces through your insides like a pinball machine. You let out a girlish scream followed by a childish giggle. In the midst of all this commotion you realize that there is an army of seaweed soldiers ready to attack your every limb, awaiting the call for battle. You ready yourself for this dangerous grueling challenge, then unmercifully shout the call of combat. Let the war commence! The first move taken by one of the soldiers, a few seconds of delay… Then all hell breaks loose. You brutally kick, smash, and smother any soldier who dares to cling itself to your leg. You glance to your right and see your three friends struggling, then you make the decision that determines life from death. My three friends and I walked away that day. We left the war of the seaweed soldiers for another day at the beach. We paid our respects and left the perfectly temperatured waters of the ocean that day, but I await yet another extraordinary battle of my time for another great day at the beach. Now yes you may say that I might have exaggerated a bit but this day at the beach was unlike any other, this day was noteworthy, it was unusual, it was memorable. Today I got out of the house. Today I spent the day with my friends. Today I went to the beach.