Caught by the Sea
The sea and the moving tides beckoned her, again.
They had lots in common, the shifting moods for one.
The waves rolled and murmured rhythmically, calming and welcoming her today.
She sat motionless, remembering when the sea had exploded with its stormy temper and had tossed everything around but for a pair of tiny shoes.
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Linking this to BAR-A-THON by Blog-A-Rhythm Day 5 Prompt – Tiny Shoes
August 5, 2016 12:49 pm|
Beautiful! The maternal instinct of the sea. Simply loved it!
August 5, 2016 1:18 pm|
I like the way you have interpreted it, Rekha. Thanks!
August 5, 2016 1:04 pm|
Sweet. The moods of the sea is hard to understand. I liked that you matched it with the woman’s moods.
August 5, 2016 1:19 pm|
Thank you, Lata. Glad you liked this 55er!
August 5, 2016 1:13 pm|
Ummm I’m a bit lost. What did the sea do with the shoes? Dis she lose someone to the sea?
August 5, 2016 1:21 pm|
Yes, she had lost someone to the sea yet still found herself somehow bound to it!
August 5, 2016 3:51 pm|
Ah yes.. now I get it. I guess it’s a morbid kind of attraction that takes her back to the sea.
August 8, 2016 1:17 pm|
Yeah, that’s what I had in mind too!
August 5, 2016 3:19 pm|
The sea is like a wreckless woman… sometimes loving sometimes unkind…. I liked how you have put this 🙂
August 8, 2016 1:16 pm|
Oh yes, sea is very unpredictable. It can be calming and it has fiery temper too. Thanks Bhavya. Glad you liked this attempt.
August 5, 2016 3:53 pm|
Even the sea couldn’t hurt those tiny shoes..
August 8, 2016 1:18 pm|
It didnt hurt the shoes but probably the owner of those tiny shoes!
August 5, 2016 4:00 pm|
The sea is as giving as it is ravaging. Very nice Shilpa!
August 8, 2016 1:19 pm|
Yes, it’s the sea where life first began and it is very much capable of taking it all away too. Thanks Kala!
August 5, 2016 4:47 pm|
This is such a deep thought!
August 8, 2016 1:22 pm|
Thanks Alok!
August 5, 2016 4:57 pm|
Strange but sometimes the sea knows what to leave behind.
Intriguing. I want to know the whole story. ☺
August 8, 2016 1:22 pm|
Yeah, may be, because sometimes, all you need is a thread of hope to hold on to! Thanks Tarang, glad that this small story caught your interest!
August 5, 2016 5:03 pm|
The shoes represent the mother’s undying love…loving your 55ers
August 8, 2016 1:23 pm|
Yes, that and much more. Thanks Sulekha!
August 5, 2016 5:23 pm|
Wah.I am in Mumbai for sometime and staying sea facing.
August 8, 2016 1:24 pm|
Have a good time in Mumbai, Mr Chowla and enjoy the sea too!
August 5, 2016 6:26 pm|
Sweet and sad post Shilpa.
August 8, 2016 1:24 pm|
Thanks Sunila!
August 5, 2016 7:07 pm|
Sigh, this was heartbreaking to read in the light of recent events, as you know. Still, a great take on the prompt.
August 8, 2016 1:24 pm|
I know what you mean, Shailaja! Really sad and tragic!
August 5, 2016 7:07 pm|
Didn’t know how to interpret this but I sense a sadness so perhaps the sea claimed her little child. That is so tragic and sad.
August 8, 2016 1:25 pm|
Yes, you are spot on with your interpretation, Suzy!
August 5, 2016 8:27 pm|
Your prompt brought to mind that tiny toddler who was washed up by sea. The sad reality of refugees.
August 8, 2016 1:27 pm|
Yes, Alan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian kid! Really sad and tragic his death was, among so many others.
August 5, 2016 11:55 pm|
Having gone to Chennai Marina Beach every day during my younger years, I can understand what you are saying about the sea and the waves.
August 8, 2016 1:28 pm|
Oh yes, there’s something fascinating and magical about the sea.
August 6, 2016 1:14 am|
How we could relate to the sea most of the times, even when she could be dangerous to us at times.
August 8, 2016 1:33 pm|
Oh yes, there’s something majestic and mysterious about the sea that pulls us towards it despite the dangers it poses!
August 6, 2016 12:36 pm|
Brought to mind the tsunami that caused wide spread destruction….seeing tiny shoes ashore would have been so heart breaking.
August 8, 2016 1:33 pm|
Yeah, that was one hell of nature’s fury that we witnessed!