Kids Playing With Waves
Except for warm oceans in the Caribbean, Africa, South America and the Pacific, waves on the shore get lonely in winter.
Waves miss all kinds of drama playing out on the sand. What they miss most are their friends, the kids. What kind of kids? Definitely not toddlers, for obvious reasons.
Let’s say 3-5 years old. Waves miss seeing kids’ fascination with the chunk of water that knocks, plant kisses on the shore and retreat into the ocean.
Kids are wise enough to know that it is a dangerous force, but they still want a taste of it. They take a step inside, then run for cover when waves puff and prepare for landing.
The shore is also a world of opposites for kids. That is where they seek refuge from the boisterous waves, but guess what? Sand beneath their feet seems to move, drawing them into the sea. They sense danger and run to parents for something solid.
We shall never know if waves think kids are dumb with the hide and seek games, or if they think the ocean is the bad guy, ready to swallow them and feed them to whales.
Waves only want to play, and maybe tell kids about oil pollution and plastic bags that end up in the shark’s belly.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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