Last Night I Walked Along the Beach

Last Night I Walked Along the Beach
by Jeffrey Scott Parsons

Last night I walked along the beach.

I watched the glitter in the tide.

It rose up just to say hello.

We're not that close of friends.

But still the waves rolled gently in.

I smiled as they kissed my feet.

Despite my peaceful solitude

I never felt too dry.

Last night I walked along the beach

to see what I had never seen,

to find some distance from myself

while staying close to home.

And as the sun dipped in the blue,

I watched with neither blink nor breath,

but hope that as the day would rest

my mind would follow suit.

Last night I walked along the beach

and felt much more than simply sand.

A lesson from God's gallery

of how to say goodbye.