Feeling Blue

I saw it leaping towards me with child like enthusiasm. My anticipation of meeting it was growing as well. In two seconds it would reach me. But in a flash it was lost. Just like that. But even before I could regret over the missed rendezvous, another one came and hugged me. I gave a delightful laughter. It settled down before wishing a slow good bye. I stood still, waiting to have another such experience. And there were many that I did have. Sometimes I tried to follow them closely, to see the one that was coming, trying to estimate how far they will reach, by their sound or by their height. Sometimes I was right, and sometimes they tricked me.
I don't know how long I stood there. Then even though I could continue like that for hours, I came back and sat down on the soft sand, glistening in the bright Sun. It was blue, as blue as it could be, as far as I could see. I closed my eyes, and sound of the waves felt closer. Saltiness in the air was unmistakable. The vastness of it, made me feel like an insignificant dot. And I stayed like that for a long time, breathing the beautiful Sea around me.
When I had seen it from a height, it had looked so serene and placid. Almost like a huge lake. But from at this close quarter, it still seemed serene, and yet you could feel the strength and potential within it. Who knows what could be churning miles away from the coast, and deep in its belly. As I see the pictures of Tsunami ravaged cities from Japan, the videos of huge waves rushing towards buildings and swallowing them up, I know it's the same sea.