Waves today calmly bounce
Then crawl toward waiting shore.
The air is warm enough for me.
That’s what the sun is for.
Reality is ever near.
It’s patient, does not hide.
I take it all for granted, true,
Still it waits by my side.
Text: Linked to dVerse Quadrille hosted by De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) with theme word “bounce”.
Photo: “Morning Sun”, above, “Earth, Fire, Air, Water”, below, linked to K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge with theme “earth, fire, air and water”.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Just gorgeous, Frank. Love the images this invokes.
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Thank you!
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Your photographs are sublime, frank!
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I am glad you like them! Thank you, Jane!
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I do, they are beautiful!
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Both your words and images are so peaceful and comforting.
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Thank you!
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So easy to take it for granted… but when we see it we might be grateful
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It is all a miracle as well as gratitude. Thank you, Bjorn!
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Love the footprints
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Me, too! Especially the contrast with the barefoot and shoes. Thank you, Dale!
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Lovely! Makes me want to be at the beach.
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I don’t enjoy going into the water, but walking on land nearby is very enjoyable. Thank you, Linda!
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Depends on the beach. If it’s in Hawaii and a nice cove, I like snorkling in the water. But if it’s Oregon, I’ll stay on land, too. 🙂
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“that’s what the sun is for” – love that line. And your beautiful images.
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Thank you, Sarah! Taking the sun a bit for granted.
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I love your photos and especially love that’s what the sun is for. How very true!
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The sun is the main actor in all of this. Thank you, Toni!
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Soothing and beautiful. Love your combination of words and photos!
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Thank you, Frank! I am glad the combination worked.
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A beautiful combination of images and reflections Frank, the calm bounce of the waves is very soothing :o)
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On a peaceful day the waves are soothing. Thank you, Xenia!
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Love the photos! The footprints made me smile 🙂
Your words feel like proverbs – this is a great post, Frank.
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The photos are the main part of the post. I am glad you liked them, Jilly!
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that’s a good description of waves, bounce and then crawl – the water does seem to crawl up as we run away from it or toward it.
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Sometimes it crawls us very fast and unexpectedly. Thank you, Victoria!
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Great poem, fantastic photographs. Well done!
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Thank you, Cristian!
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Great poem Frank, how true that we so often ingnore the reality of life and take it for granted until something special or traumatic happens.
Dwight
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Then we realize it was all there all along. Thank you, Dwight!
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Glad you recognize those things… lovely photos
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Thank you!
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This makes me yearn for the beach…(K)
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Although I prefer the forests, my family likes the water best. I do like walking on the shores. Thank you!
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This calms me right down. Beautiful. I may print it, if I have permission.
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You are welcome to print it. Thank you, Mary!
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Thank you!
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You word-paint the shore so well in this poem, Frank. I do miss living at the ocean where I could take a short walk and de-stress after work. And I’m a great admirer of your photography.
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We are only here for a few weeks vacation. I am glad you liked the photography. Thanks, Victoria!
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This is so breathtakingly beautiful ❤️ It makes me want to visit the beach and surround myself with nature and its beauty ☺️
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It is beautiful. Thank you, Sanaa!
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Another winner, Frank! Sublime photos, couples with incredible prose. Well done, my friend.🌞🌞🌞
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Thank you, K’lee. I’m glad you liked it. And thank you for the photo prompt.
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Absolutely, my friend!
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Great poem and photos Frank … much in there…particularly enjoyed the waves and the sun and those two opening lines 🙂
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I am glad you liked them. Thank you, Janice!
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Oh, I enjoyed that. “Waiting shore” was cool!
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It has nothing else to do but wait. Thank you, Sabio!
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Reality always does wait alongside you, whether at the beach or another place. Photos are spectacular, Frank. That first one really drew me in.
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I am glad you liked them, Sara! I like photographing birds.
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Beautiful words and photo – I yearn for a day on the beach.
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It is rare for us. Thank you!
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I really like the simple joy of this piece.
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Thank you, Jo-Anne!
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Simple and lovely.
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Thank you, Judy!
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Great photos, Frank, and I love the image of the waves bouncing and then crawling, as if the bouncing tired them out. The gentle rhymes are soothing.
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Good way to describe it. They may be tired. I hadn’t thought of it. Thanks, Kim!
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I like the bounce-crawl imagery – very vivid Frank
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I had to get bounce in there somehow. Thanks, Laura!
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I like this calm, meditative quadrille.
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Calmness seems closer to reality. Thank you!
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Wonderful combination of image and word.
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Thank you, Dan!
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Fine poem. At once so deep and so simple – like the sea.
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Thank you! It seems good for poetry to be like the sea.
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“And I sang in my chains like the sea” – Dylan Thomas. Hopefully an exact quote.
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I love the second half. Makes me wanna squeeze my babies. 🙂 … Though I wouldn’t ever call them patient. 😉
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I am glad it provides a reason to squeeze one’s babies. Thank you!
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You are so lucky to be there Frank ~ Love the bouncing and waiting of nature ~ And your photo is gorgeous~
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Thank you, Grace. The vacation will be over too soon.
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Beautiful! Your words had such a calming effect.
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I am glad! Thank you, Namratha!
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Wonderful photos, Frank. I’m thinking of those bouncing waves now!
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I am glad you liked them, Merril! Thank you!
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True it is that reaLiTy
ALLoWS us to take
reality for granted
but while reality
is hands off in this
way ReaLiTy has so much more
fun real WiTHiN as cherish MoRe YeS.. LiT uP..:)
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There is more to reality than what we take for granted. Thanks, Fred!
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Always
Finding
MoRENow..:)
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I don’t think you take if for granted, Frank, you see to deeply.
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I try not to take things for granted, but perhaps one has to so one can be pleasantly surprised over an over again. Thank you, Robbie!
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