Finding the green pieces among the millions of stones & pebbles was easy.
The greenish blue pieces weren’t terribly hard to find either.
This is one of the best beaches I've ever seen if you want to find enormous
quantities of sea glass ... and it's a 5 minute walk from our house.
Among the millions of rocks & pebbles, the glass pieces seem few
and far between, until they start to add up in your pocket.
Then, among the millions of rocks & pebbles,
one white one stood out.
I pocketed it with the pieces of glass.
My pocket filled quickly, and as it did,
I thought of that one white pebble.
Surrounded by glass, mostly green with a bit of blue.
Imported out of its comfortable majority of stones,
Suddenly isolated.
Different.
Jostled, engulfed, immersed...
Standing out like a…
like a pebble in a sea of glass.
East doesn’t just meet west here…
it engulfs and overwhelms it,
it rarely pauses to consider your presence.
When noticed, there are stares, comments, laughter,
and the occasional bold child who wants to show off his three English phrases.
I no longer feel the difference by skin color alone,
but rather by something almost chemical.