Life saving

A swoosh of feet
we run to the sea
untethered
whooping
shrieking,
tip-toeing,
running,
inhaling as tummies are circled in waves.

I reach and swim,
pulling through the water,
sand ridges guiding me.

A swoop of silver fish
ripple past me,
through me.
I surface to shout the others
to look see!
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