HIGH SURF

I went down to the sea today 

to look at the high surf everybody talks about.

They are right… the sea looks bigger

and angrier and obviously rougher…

noone is swimming or surfing.

People stand subdued at the power 

of water and wind… They hold up iPhones

to try to capture an image they can send home…

a picture that proves they were there by the roaring sea.

This is power too great for even sea birds

to challenge, so they sit and wait for calmer times.