Waves crash up the beach,

Kids dash out of reach, waves and

Kids drift back. Repeat.

Gulls cry high notes to

Steady chugs from fishing boats

As a seal drifts by.

Wild sea, harbour wall,

One huge wave soars high and falls

Crashing to concrete.

Herons play statues

For hours and stare. They’re still there.

Digesting it all.

Wires pinging, singing

Shrill notes from tied up boats in

Windswept marinas.

I’ll gruffly mention

“His Majesty’s Red Ensign”.

Stand to attention!!

Old sea dogs’ tales of

Sails and whales, and Force 10 gales

On the Beaufort Scale.