Runner by the Sea

What you throw into the ocean, the ocean has a habit to return the gesture back at you (I remember it throwing the kitchen sink and a kamod after a heavy spell of rains) morning, but with interest. And as you rummage through what it has thrown back, not because you’re a gold digger or rag picker, but you’re doing minuscule bit to clean up the shore, you’ll be surprise at things thrown into the ocean. So when you find, what could only be a soiled diaper, you thank god you’re wearing latex gloves, though it leaves your hand smelling as if you’ve handled condoms, that’s if you have  smelt them (yikes sorry kiddos).

So as you try to clean up what the tractors have loosened up, you’ll be amazed with the things you’ll find, apart from the soiled diapers. Of course you’ll find tons of plastics, but then you find packets of milk, I don’t think the sea ever gets thirsty, you find detergent packets, maybe that’s the reason for the white sand but the sand at Versova is black, and numerous wrappers and chip packets, brands you’ve never heard of, and you marvel at your lack of knowledge of them.

And though you make light of the situation by playing a game of “Guess What I’ve Found”, you shudder at the thought of what the belly of the oceans conceals, and then you shudder at the thought for the ocean creature living amongst the trash we dumped in it.

That day we did our tiny bit to clean up the beach, but what happens after that? Juhu beach is cleaned every morning only to be littered back in the evening. Oceans can be cleaned only through awareness, stricter rules, and when we take a stand. Events like these are mainly used for photo ops and by people who just want medals and tees, and very often the awareness gets drowned off in all the social media screaming and those posing with medals and tees. So it’s high time we do our bit, educating ourselves and those around us, and doing our bit to conserve and save the oceans.