The Sea and the Shore

The Sea and the Shore

The sea is so tired because it never stops. It falls on the shore exhausted, asking for a place to stay, to rest. “No room for you, you’re too big,” says the shore so the sea flops down momentarily and then falls back. It comes knocking again but the shore never lets it stay for long. When the sea is very tired and very angry it lashes the shore, pounds on the door, as if to say, “You won’t let me stay? You’ll pay, you’ll pay.” Then, in its anger, it breaks the shore down into tiny pieces, hoping to make room, but there’s never anywhere for the sea to stop. The sea is so very tired. It is always seeking a place to stay.