Strangely
everything stopped

An Oystercatcher paused
orange beak stuck
in the sand

Curlews stood
their long beaks curling
back to the land

A Sandwich Tern caught
mid-dive
also stopped

Even the noisy Ravens didn’t
tumble down

Satellites and stars    unseen

held
as the tides

almost

rocked


Slowly        we made our way

hand
in hand