The seashore

A golden strip of land almost endless to the eye, speckled with pink shells, looks out to the glittering sea

Sands dotted with striped deckchairs

Children leave soft footprints

Dogs gallop along wet sand

Sandcastles built, then fall

as the tide comes in

with rippling waves

as the day ends.

The beach is deserted

apart from an occasional figure

with their dog