water 

limpid

tint by a light cyan

caresses the golden sand 

tickles the tender foot of a toddler

knocks down the barricades and

washes over the flimsy castle   

sky

vast as the sea below

its hue of lilac complimented by 

the fierce amber gleam of the setting sun

fulgent as it hides behind the horizon 

and the subtle ivory tinge of a few roving clouds 

drifting without destination

seashells 

strewed unevenly across the shoreline

that stranded a few foams left by the receding wave

and tangled in between the seagrass

its dainty shell pirouettes inwards into the twirls

of a fresh-out of oven croissant 

at the corner bakery

kissed by the last rays of light

its iridescent fade of turquoise shimmers in the distance…