Echoes and shouts,
calling from the beach,
towards the sea,
echoes and shouts,
and screams and shouts,
and cries,
and a swimmer in trouble,
and upon the beach frantic activity.
Frantic activity,
and people racing towards the sea,
and out there in the waves,
there is a swimmer,
caught unawares,
by how powerful the sea is,
and knowledge is a wonderful thing,
and how quickly the rescuers they race,
as their hearts beat so rapidly,
because just a second or two,
too late means life or death,
and for the families of the people lost,
and drowned,
there is a lifetimes misery.
And of these people,
who risk their own lives on foot,
and in rescue boats,
and who give their all,
to save life,
they are great heroes to me.