Beside the sea

I’m sitting here beside the sea
along the sea
with the sea
by the sea

The sea and its endless flatness stretches out before me
as far as the eye can see
and I wonder how beautiful our planet can be
sitting here beside the sea.

It looks like the seagulls see it too
flying in rows of two by two
as they craw, shriek and coo
soaring above the endless view

I wonder, if only they knew
that it goes on for many kilometres too
an endless earthly rue
this sea, this ocean blue