Sunbathing

Toes twinkling in the tide
Rushing back to the source
Washing away the clay footedness of
Fear - rip tiding its way through
Seaweed, sand, shells - sharks
Maybe feeding on muscles
Atrophied on the shore of hope
Lounging on a towel slathered
In sunscreen screening the UVB
Rays of life outward, upward
Back into the stratosphere of
Humanity.