SEE THE SEA

Try this tongue twister : 'She sells sea shells on the sea shore'. Sea - That vast blue cover on the earth's most valuable hidden treasures, which is, by most part, has been unconquered by Man. They say at least 72% of the earth's surface is covered with water, among which the most is constituted by these salty water bodies. I remember a saying 'Water, water everywhere; but not a drop to drink!' Taste it, you will feel the scratching saltiness on your tongue, drink it, surely it will cleanse your alimentary canal! They say love is like ocean! How true! Like love, you can always see/experience a small part of sea. You cannot have whole of both!



Of all the five elements, I was very afraid of the Water. Because it is easy to get won by it. It can easily take off your breath, filling each of your air cavities with itself and making you to choke for life. But when I saw the sea, after many years, with a new perspective, I was at the loss of words to explain it; I just fell in love! Just a few yards away from my friend's room, it roared, it soared, wriggled, called day and night. When I went nearer to its waves, which splashed and tried to get me into the waters by loosening up the sand, I felt like a child in front of a giant creation of God. A living thing which can understand everything, your wrath, indifference, fear, love and emotions, and act accordingly. It bows against the rocks, which it cannot move, drenches those, it grabs all the small materials, waste etc to its stomach, gets hold of you when you are unaware and topples you off the feat and makes to gasp for that last breath. The blue-green water produced waves which came rushing, adding up more water and strength and wasted themselves hitting the sand shores, stones, living things. They took everything back which get washed away easily, shake the things, which cannot be washed away and just drenched those which cannot be shaken a bit.

Know the usage 'Sugary Sand'? You should see the sand on the sea shore, to understand what does it mean. Take a handful of it, allow it to flow freely from your fingers, you wonder, how each grain of it is carved to perfection, sized, polished and made translucent by the waters. The long beach filled with this sugary sand, shimmers in the hot sun, like a hot oven, sparkles with mystic glow in the full moon light. And you can hear mermaids singing in the distant islands with the movement of their hair producing the breeze, which reaches you and mesmerizes you.

We played, splashed the water and slurp sand on each other, gasped for the breath when the waves hit us, I toppled down from a rock and sprained some muscles, we had excellent sun bathing by laying down on the 'sugary sand' and letting the waves to soak us and sun to burn us. There was a small boy from a near village, who came to see what we were up to. Hesitantly he also joined the ritual and enjoyed thoroughly. I sculptured a human face, and a very impressive car with the sand. We took lots of photos.

Sea is different in different locations. When I visited the port, with lots of fishing boats, it was dark green, gloomy, smelly and unwelcoming. When I went to an island to visit the same sea, it was devoid of those fiery waves, crystal clear(which makes you to drink it a mouthful!). It was like a small and lovable child who wants us to hug and caress it. Here the island had coconut grove and the sea was full of sea shells. We collected sea shells; climbed up and down the hexagonally carved rocks; treaded the path, which was never before treaded with the sea observing our all activities.

Returning back, the sea was dancing in the early evening, with hallow depressions producing huge waves, which hit our boat and splashed the water and froth. Our boat was shaking and jostling. We felt like we are some kind of pirates, riding away on the sea to distant island, waiting for some ship to appear filled with treasures, for us to attack.

We were a happy lot of friends who made joke of everything and everyone; took photos of small children, the boat drivers, beautiful girls; pushed each others into the water; took away the eatables from each others hands; did foolish things which entertained others. Sea was the reason for us to meet there, become friends, know each other in a short time of three days. Apart from being with sea, we played shuttle, swam in the swimming pool of our friends' college, participated and enjoyed the rain dance of their tech fest, saw a movie on the big screen in their amphi theatre, had a party with hottest currys, fishes, just dozed off the whole afternoon, saw TV. But Sitting back in the bus, to go away from the sea to my work, I sighed as I felt and realised! YOU CANNOT HAVE WHOLE OF THE SEA! and now I feel : YOU CANNOT FINISH WRITING EVERYTHING ABOUT SEA!