Simply There

 Simply There
 

November sun
     gleams warmly
                    as it slides 
                    toward 
                                                the piney horizon.
Wild, misty surf roars
        onto the beach,
                        swashes 
                                around 
                        our bare feet
                as we walk 
        in settled wonder.
Breath deepens,
                    wonder widens,
    delight suffuses.
Wispy clouds
stir us to soften 
ever more 
into our wise,
 wonderful bodies.
Footprints on the beach,
ours and others, 
mingle and merge.
Though wind and waves
will wash them away,
these sensations of
                            awareness,
                              gratitude,
                        connection,
                                  hope
 nestle comfortably within.
Simply there…
for the noticing.

Sarah Carlson
November 9, 2025