Estuary parent

 Tide comes in and tide goes out
These natural pools it leaves
are for swimming and leisure
surgence of life

The makes the dark muddy sand yellowish
a golden glare that frames these memories
for a future that wants to look back
that wants to wade into the calm warm pools

separation of the decades
separation of each pool
Golden stillness
baby squid sped through the clear meter deep pool

Children waited for lost parents
Beach towels and picnic baskets empty
A wanting ignored and replaced
by a simple hidden estuary beach