beach-philosophies

you walk along a beach, you (cycling-link: "w alk", "wa lk", "wal k", "walk "), and [[you walk]] (set: $mood to "moody") (set: $shell to "imperfections")

and you [[walk]]

[[and]] you keep walking

after all, that is what [[you]] came [[here]] to do

you are (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $mood, "tired", "excited", "gloomy", "alert", "sad", "curious", "bored", "happy", "present") ] you [[keep walking|here]]

a long stretch of [[sandy beach]]

and you [[keep walking]]

the scene echoes [[your|you]] $mood mood, you [[pause]]

you take a moment to [[listen]]

to the sound of the [[sea]]

sea shells [[scattered]] at your [[feet]]

sometimes [[everything]] is so scattered

you pick up [[a shell]]

you don't even [[remember]]

what you were supposed to be [[doing|feet]]

you observe it's (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shell, "shape", "color", "imperfections")] then you (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shellDestiny, "throw it in the water", "place it in your pocket", "drop it on the sand")] then you [[daydream]]

(if: $shellDestiny contains "water")[the shell breaks the surface of the [[water]]] (if: $shellDestiny contains "pocket")[the shell snuggles into the [[pocket]]] (if: $shellDestiny contains "sand")[the shell is lost among its kind in the [[sand]]]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color is soon invisible as it floats [[deeper]]] (if: $shell contains "shape")[it's shape dictates the way it swims towards [[the bottom|deeper]]] (if: $shell contains "imperfections")[the sea grinds away [[imperfections]]]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color soon becomes [[invisible]] ] (if: $shell contains "shape")[shape forms pocket, [[hand embraces]]] (if: $shell contains "imperfections")[ [[cherished]], it ponders existence]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color [[blends into]] ] (if: $shell contains "shape")[shape breaks [[empty space]] of sand] (if: $shell contains "imperfections")[neglected, [[I ponder]] my existence]

in the [[dark of]] the pocket

[[cherished]], ponders about

where will life [[take me next]]

it takes me on a [[walk]]

minerals, [[over time]]

digested by [[somebody]]

after all, what does it [[matter]]

that once [[needed a shell]]

[[me|shell-me]]

bouncing in a pocket, [[walking|walk]]

(if: $mood contains "happy")[$mood to [[be alone|waiting]]] (if: $mood contains "present")[$mood, grounded, glad to [[be alone|waiting]]] (if: $mood contains "tired")[$mood, grounded, glad to [[be alone|waiting]]] (if: $mood contains "sad")[ $mood, [[alone|I ponder]] ] (if: $mood contains "gloomy")[ $mood, [[alone|I ponder]] ] (if: $mood contains "alert")[alone, $mood to [[my surroundings|and becomes]]] (if: $mood contains "bored")[$mood, wishing for an [[adventure]] ] (if: $mood contains "moody")[$mood, back at [[zero|and becomes]] ] (if: $mood contains "curious")[$mood, wishing for an [[adventure]]] (if: $mood contains "excited")[$mood, wishing for an [[adventure]]]

[[trying]] very hard

to [[attract]] someone else

like [[a shell|shell-screaming]]

in silence, on [[the sand]]

looking up to [[all that pass]] or [[waiting]]

hoping someone will help me [[walk]]

[[screaming]]

surroundings [[and becomes]]

one [[of many]] again

the sound of [[the ocean]]

time[[,]] stretching

[[waiting]]

listening, in [[silence]]

to time[[,|stretching]]

stretching beyond [[the horizon]]

knowing the sun will [[bring in]]

the tide [[that takes me]]

back [[into the ocean]] or [[perhaps]]

finally, [[the water]]

someone will [[notice me|screaming]]

[[pulls me|water]] back

it wasn't [[the one]]

who would [[see me|and becomes]]

nestled amongst [[the others]]

once again, [[the sea]]

I am back [[where I]]

began[[.]]

the [[sound of]] the sea

so many [[of us]]

whirling in [[the waters]]

tide[[,|high tide]] high

up, [[fast|sea]]

a [[multitude]]

of shells and stones [[and ]]

pebbles and [[sand and|sound of]]

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