One evening during Diwali, while vacationing on a beach in Goa (Calangute), I overheard a mother and father crying bitterly requesting the coastguards to go out once more and search for their son who hadn't returned from swimming. The coastguards tried their best while the boy's parents prayed for his safe return. Unfortunately, the boy was never found.
The Tempting Sea
Gentle whispers from the sea;
Softly calling out to me;
"Come in, come in, oh sweet child;
Bask in my waves so gentle, so mild."
But then I had begun to recall;
About a boy so very small.
Who was taken away in the month of November,
By the sea so full of danger.
He was taken away into the deep.
By the sea to be put to sleep.
Never again to see sunlight;
For the sea had held him down tight.
So even though the waves kissed my feet;
Inviting me to the sea so deep;
I refused to enter the deep blue sea,
For fear of what might happen to me.
