The Back Porch Review 2021

Ode to a Wave
by Robin Gindhart, grade 12
Bringing pain or clarity
Its biggest mystery is its polarity
Its simplest aspect is its name:
The wave.
Some use the soothing sound to fall asleep
While others find their biggest fear within: to drown,
blue nightmares where they awaken to weep.
When the ocean is angry this blue beauty starts to rise
She gets quite cranky
You can sometimes hear surfer and swimmers’ cries.
But this miracle of nature can so calming be,
leaving beach bums feeling cooled.
A wave is not so different from you and me.
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