Once

Once

Just once

I’d like to lay on the beach

Soaking up all the beautiful scenery

But I’m always captivated by the sand

Singular

A minuscule reminder

Of an endless ocean of similarity

And I find myself lost in a daze

The world around forgotten

While I ponder at a bygone singularity

Remembering what once

Just once

Was

And in that instant, I wonder

When my life comes to a close

What poor fool will stare at a grain of sand

Imagining the journey it once took

Instead of enjoying their own

The adventure they only get once.

Just once.