If you’re depressed

And the doldrums continue,

What’s effectively best

Is to try and renew

Your pleasure and gladness,

That the world in its madness

Not persecute you.

There’s a way to do it:

Go down to the beach;

You may lie down or sit;

This way you can reach

To the top of your spirit,

With the ocean near by,

And the sun shining high;

Where gulls keep squawking,

Waves lapping the shore,

Folks picknicking, frolicking,

There’s so much in store!

Children playing around

And the birds ocean-bound;

Moms cautiously vested

With performing what is

But humanly tested;

Where breathing is bliss;

The fresh air, the ocean

Are together in motion;

As if the whole world

Is full of the peace

That is gently unfurled

In the soft ocean breeze,

And you’re never alone

While your sadness is gone!