Bordi

 

What is a beach,

That has no sea?

‘Shallow is

The seaside shelf’

But do wayfarers care

Ever at all

Over blue sea,

A gentle shelf?

 

Bordi turns

A funny beach

Patinated gold,

Somnolent sands

But no waves caress

These weary feet,

That wait beneath

The Casuarina stands

 

And yet, you’ll find

A bunch of friends

Sitting in

The shades of trees

A humid Saturday

Filled with talks,

Seas don’t matter

Just the breeze

 

Some sojourns

May not work your way

But friends that laugh –

Keep them close

Especially if,

They celebrate

Whichever way

The journey goes

 

Did Bordi deject?

We wondered,

Perhaps that day

But times passes by

In decades, years

Sitting alone,

Even an empty sea

Will eke a sigh

 

The true essence

Of a journey then

Are distilled memories,

From the future long

‘Do you remember when

The seas turned back?’

A conversation starts,

A distant song…

 

13^th December, 2025

Bordi Beach is located along a gently sloping continental shelf in the Arabian Sea, which affects how the sea behaves near the coast. Because the sea floor slopes very slowly, the water spreads out over a large area, making the sea move far back during low tide. The Beach often looks very wide, with a lot of exposed sand when the tide is low.