Looking sideways
Ponder your decision. Wisely. Look sideways, to the people parallel to you, the ones looking happy, sad, or indifferent. Some are looking back to the beach, to the ones the wave cannot really hit, others forward, but most are looking sideways, to the now. And most people haven’t noticed the sudden silence, even most of the ones looking forward. Those see promise in the wave, or a threat, but most of them don’t see the size of it, for good or bad, the impressive shadow it may cast. They don’t hear the silence. They don’t even conceive that there’s a choice to be made. That running towards the wave is one of the possibilities. Look sideways, but don’t let the sound of the now make you deaf to the silence of what may come.
