Diveagar

That winter's day

When you couldn’t believe your eyes –

Those were

The best sands we had chased

On the Konkan Coast

White grey silica

Shimmering in the sun, squeaky clean,

And the waters, Oh the waters -

Transparent blue

Teeming with fins, starfish

And hermit crabs

Even the boisterous sea

Calmed like a philosopher here,

Thought ripples

Replacing the restive waves

Diveagar - Unlike any beach

Of course, you were surprised

Was this even real?

‘Doesn’t it look like a beach from someplace else

Somewhere away?’

That day, indeed

We were someplace else, somewhere away

It was the dream to return to

When reality would disappoint

And banality would break our everyday

Or perhaps, it was

The only sliver of reality

Offering a sacred peek

Awaiting softly, silently

When and if, this dream

Ever runs out of

The murmur of waves,

You and I, so far away

Yet together even now

Walking the sands

Trapped in a moment of perpetuity

An unending dream

Of white grey silica shimmering,

One winter’s day

When you couldn’t believe your eyes…

12^th December 2025

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