Waves crash on shores like
Burdens laden on shoulders
The sand takes the weight
written by: Wendell S.
This photograph was taken at my second home in Barbados, while I’m there I spend a ton of time on the beach and it is often a place of peace and reflection for me. Every now and then I’ll take a mind trip there and imagine myself on the beach, absorbing the air and the sounds of the waves which led to the inspiration for this haiku. Waves are so good at grabbing attention, they have this boisterous sound that can dominate ears all while bringing a sense of calm and relaxation, but as I sat there I thought “would waves make their sound if they didn’t have the sand to crash on?” Whenever the water meets the shore, the sand has to carry its sound to our ears, there’s a relationship between them and without the sand, we’d have a different less intimate sound, but the crazy thing is that the sand doesn’t take or look for any of the credit. It sits there and waits for the weight of the water to produce a sound for it to carry. Some of us can relate to sand in big ways, some of us are sand to our friends, lovers, coworkers etc. We wait for those who have something for us to carry (in this case a burden) and we hold it for them, or disperse of it. Some of us carry the burdens of our friends, family members whoever it may be, and we aren’t looking for credit or pats on the back, we just do it because we’re built for it, just like the sand.
