[Note: This is the third part to Amongst the Beach Detritus.]

“Stop!”

I felt the pressure let up. I was given a reprieve. The man in the uniform rotated the weight of his foot off of my body onto his heel. Then, he stepped away. I was free. And I did not waste any time. I rushed off to a hiding place amongst the beach detritus. I would bide my time there to see if I could get my claw on t...

Walking on the sand

There was

Shells 🐚

Bottles 🍾

Trash 🗑️

And sticks 🪵

I walked towards the sea

And saw a shine

I looked at it

And picked it up

Gently

Carefully

I couldn’t tell what it was

Covered in sand

Dirt

And goopy stuff

I washed in the ocean

It shimmered in the sunlight

A soft green jewel

Metal circling it

A pendent perhaps?

I took it home

And kept it

It sat on a shelf

With shell...

If you go down to the beach today, you will be in for a surprise. You will see lots of crabs and knitting and lots of weeds to your liking shells scattered all over the place seagulls eating scraps of rubbish lying around.

If you go down to the beach today, you’ll be in for a surprise as the tide and the tide will gather you up all of the detritus of the human rubbish into the water onto the beach...

When the the Beach Washing up buy the sand bar when you can find something really gross in the water or the sand like glass and Cans because they are really bad and dirty he can how clean at the beach somebody will help you or get a partner help you out just keep it nice and tidy and spotless...

I’ve been at this shoreline for hours. The air has cooled and the sun is slowly hiding away. There are no more children running about, or adults relaxing upon soft towels.

The ocean now deposits debris and other miscellaneous items onto the sand as if running a routine cleanup. I haven’t moved from my crouched position, and my muscles ache when I adjust myself and get back on my feet. I do not kn...

Debris

With a story

Not written on paper

sourced through energy and our eyes

Old items

With mud

Just a beautiful disguise

Shirts labeled with names

That lasted through rain

No signs of pain

organized thinking

A glass for Sunday night drinking

A net I bet an animal couldn’t escape from

Promising signs the animal did escape

A mess that looks distressed

Bound with beautiful memories at bes...

Beach detritus. You always hope you’ll find Aladdin’s lamp or the corner of a buried treasure chest when you comb the beach. But there is always just beach detritus. And people’s garbage. People can be so disgusting. That’s when I saw it. Lying there amongst the mostly empty food containers and wrappers. A gold ring with a diamond.

The diamond ring glinted in the sunlight. A special ray o...

Aleila dug through the rubble, hoping to find something.

Anything.

Why did this happen?

She didn't know.

The hurricane had come so unexpectedly.

Thousands had died.

But it was her fault.

She had let down her guard.

She heard someone yelling her name behind her.

Percy.

His beach shirt was unbuttoned from lifeguard training, and his black hair blew in all directions from the wind.

He was tan with d...

The sun was beating down and my skin was on fire. The sand was stuck on my skin and was in my long dark blonde hair. as I struggled to get up to my feet I noticed there was peices of wood on the shore.

I managed to prop myself up I didnt see the ship anymore. I dont remeber the day prior and I didnt see the rest of the crew that was on the ship. “Im finally free” I uttered to myself. I had been ...

People always say ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ ,but they don’t live by it.

I was only lived by this saying. When I was young I remember me, my brother, and my parents going to the local landfill to look around for anything of use/value. Always came out empty handed for anything of value, but always came out with something that was useful. Until we did find something.

It was just ...